Heterospilus eberhardi Marsh

Marsh, Paul M., Wild, Alexander L. & Whitfield, James B., 2013, The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini, ZooKeys 347, pp. 1-474 : 61-63

Heterospilus eberhardi Marsh sp. n. Figure 36

Female.

Body size: 2.5-4.0 mm. Color: head brown to dark brown; scape brown, without lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical 3-5 flagellomeres white; mesosoma dark brown; metasoma with terga 1-2 dark brown, terga 3-5 dark brown basally, yellow apically, terga 6-7 yellow; legs bicolored, coxae and trochanters yellow, joint of trochanters 2 and femora brown, femora yellow on basal 1/4, brown on apical 3/4, tibiae and tarsi brown; wing veins including stigma brown. Head: vertex weakly transversely striate; frons smooth; face smooth; temple in dorsal view narrow, slightly less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance slightly greater than 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 21-26 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes smooth; notauli weakly and broadly scrobiculate, sometimes appearing smooth, with 2 longitudinal carinae converging toward prescutellar furrow; scutellum smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesopleuron smooth; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter smooth; propodeum with basal median areas distinctly margined, smooth, basal median carina present but short, areola usually distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum longitudinal costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor equal to 3/4 length of metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: San Jose [;] San Antonio de Escazu [;] 1300m, yellow pan [;] xii.1995, W. Eberhard; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] eberhardi [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, same data as holotype (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] San Antonio de Escazu [;] 1300m, vi.1997 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] San Antonio de Escazu [;] 1300m, vi.1997 [;] W. Eberhard (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] San Antonio de Escazu [;] 1300m, v-vi.1995 [;] W. Eberhard & P. Hanson. 3 ♀♀, Costa Rica: Cartago [;] Braulio Carillo N.P. [;] 600m, 25.iii.1990 [;] J. S. Noyes, coll. (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica, Guanacaste [;] Tierras Morenas, Cerca de [;] Las Faldas del Volcan Tenorio [;] 1100m, 20. vii– 20.viii.1996 [;] G. Rodriquez, Malaise trap [;] L.N. 289000-426500 #32630 (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] San Vito, Estac. Biol. [;] Los Alturas 1500m [;] iv.1992 P. Hanson (TAMU). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Sta. Barbara, Café [;] 1100m, 15.x.1989 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (MICR).

Comments.

The smooth mesoscutal lobes and two distinct longitudinal carinae before the prescutellar groove are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for William Eberhard who collected several specimens of the type series.