Heterospilus leenderti 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 : 246-248

Heterospilus leenderti Marsh sp. n. Figure 167

Female.

Body size: 3.5-4.0 mm. Color: head dark brown; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with white apical annulus, apical 3-5 flagellomeres brown; mesosoma dark brown, mesoscutum and propodeum often lighter brown; metasomal terga dark brown, tergum 2 usually yellow medially, tergum 1 sometimes yellow apically, terga 4-7 rarely lighter brown; wing veins brown, stigma usually yellow, rarely bicolored light brown with yellow at apex or base or along anterior edge; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate, weak transverse striae or rugae behind ocelli; frons granulate; face granulate-rugose; temple in dorsal view broad but sloping behind eye, width equal to 1/2 eye width; malar space equal to eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 25-30 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate, often weakly so; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular costate area; scutellum weakly granulate or smooth; prescutellar furrow with 5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area areolate-rugose, lat eral areas entirely rugose, propodeum with distinct tubercle above hind coxa at base of metasomal tergum 1. Wings: fore wing vein r slightly shorter or equal to length of vein 3RSa, often on same line as 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R absent, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, usually rugose medially, length equal to apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum entirely granulate except for posterior transverse groove, occasionally nearly smooth apically; terga 4-7 granulate; ovipositor equal to half length of metasomal tergum 1.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] Rd. to Rincon, 10km W. [;] of Pan-Amer. Hwy, 100m [;] III-V 1989, Hanson & Gauld; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] leenderti [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

6 ♀♀, same data as holotype with additional date of II-III 1989 (ESUW). 6 ♀♀, top label - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] Santa Rosa Natl. Park [;] 300m, ex. Malaise trap [;] Site #: BH-10-C and BH-12-C [;] Dates: 4-24.v.1986, 5-26.vii.1986 and 8. ii– 2.iii.1986 [;] I.D. Gauld & D. Janzen; second label - [BH] Bosque Humedo [;] mature evergreen dry forest [;] [C] more or less fully [;] shaded as possible (ESUW). 7 ♀♀, top label - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] Santa Rosa Natl. Park [;] 300m, ex. Malaise trap [;] Site #: BH-9-O, BH-11-O and 9 [;] Dates: 13. iv– 4.v.1986, 4-24.v.1986 and 27. ix– 18.x.1986 [;] I.D. Gauld & D. Janzen; second label - [BH] Bosque Humedo [;] mature evergreen dry forest [;] [O] in clearing, fully [;] isolated part of day (ESUW). 4 ♀♀, top label - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] Santa Rosa National Pk. [;] 300m, Malaise trap, Ian Gauld [;] 14.vi.1986 and 31. i– 21.ii.1987; second label - Bosque Humedo [;] high proportion [;] Evergreen species [;] Sun; third label - BH-11-O [;] 14.Vi.86 and 31. i– 21.ii.87 (ESUW). 10 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3km SW of Rincon, 10m [;] Mar-April 1992, November 1992 and July 1991, P. Hanson [;] primary forest, Malaise trap (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce, [;] 3km. SW. Rincon, 10m [;] iii.1993 Paul Hanson coll. [;] Malaise, primary forest (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Res. Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3km SW Rincon, 10m [;] ii.1993, P. Hanson [;] Malaise, primary forest (ESUW). 4 ♀♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce, [;] 3km. SW. Rincon, 10m [;] xii.1992, vi.1991 and ii.1992, Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W. [;] Piedras Blancas, 200m [;] ii.1993, Paul Hanson (ESUW). 4 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce [;] 24km W. Piedras Blancas, [;] 200m [;] Feb. 1992, Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Misc. Doryctinae [;] Costa Rica, Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce, 5km. W. [;] Piedras Blancas, 100m [;] IV-V-1993, P. Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W [;] Piedras Blancas [;] 200m, xii 89-iii 1990 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 10km W [;] Piedras Blancas, 100m [;] VI-VIII 1989, Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar. [;] R.B. Carara, Estac. [;] Quebrada Bonita, 50m [;] V-VI 1989, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntar. [;] P.N. Corcovado [;] Est. Sirena, 50m [;] x–xii 1990 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica, Puntarenas [;] Pen. Osa, Puerto Jimenez [;] 10m, VI-1993, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Heredia [;] 3km. S. Puerto Viejo, [;] OTS, La Selva, 100m [;] xi.1992, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] Ciudad Colon [;] 800m, iv-v 1990 [;] Col. Luis Fournier (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] Cerro de la Muerte [;] 19km S 3 W Empalme [;] 2600m, November 1992 [;] P. Hanson, Malaise (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Alajuela ACA [;] San Carlos, R.F. Arenal [;] Sebdero Pilon, 600m, Malaise [;] 14. x– 3.xii.1998, G. Carballo [;] L.N.269100-457900 #53365 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Alajuela [;] 5km W San Ramon [;] 1200m, iv.1997 [;] O. Castro & P. Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Punt- [;] arenas. 7km SW Rincon [;] 31. v– 7.vi.1998; B. Brown [;] & V. Berezovskiy; Mal. [;] Trp. #5 and #1; 2nd growth (AEIC). 1 ♀, top label - COSTA RICA, Heredia: [;] Est. Biol. La Selva, 50- [;] 150m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W [;] Oct 1995, INBio-OET; second label - 16 Octubre 1995 [;] M/07/476 [;] Bosque primario (INBC). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA, Puntar. [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W. [;] PiedrasBlancas. 200m [;] XII-89-III-90 Hanson (MICR).

Comments.

The yellow metasomal tergum 2, tubercles on the propodeum above the hind coxae and the fore wing vein r being nearly as or as long as vein 3RSa, are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for Leendert van der Ent, whose doctoral dissertation at the University of Wyoming on biodiversity of parasitic wasps in Costa Rica included a study on altitudinal diversity of Costa Rican Heterospilus with respect to antennal color.