Janhalacaste danieli Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2018

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L & Boudreault, Caroline, 2018, Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64, pp. 25-140 : 55-58

Janhalacaste danieli Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Fig. 14

Holotype.

Male, Costa Rica, CNC.

Holotype labels.

COSTA RICA: Guanacaste,/ACG, Sector Pitilla,/Medrano, 380m,/ 11.01602, -85.38053,/02/06/2012/DHJPAR0049240.

Holotype locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 380m, 11.01602, -85.38053.

Diagnosis.

This is the only species in the genus with dark (brown) metacoxa.

Description.

Male. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma mostly black to dark brown dorsally (except for T1 light yellow on anterior 0.6); metasoma mostly yellow laterally and ventrally; scape and pedicel yellow, flagellomeres mostly dark brown to black; palpi white; legs mostly yellow (except for metacoxa mostly brown); wings with veins mostly brown. Head, including eyes, mostly covered by relatively long and dense setae (except for smooth, setoseless area, centrally on occiput behind ocelli, Fig. 14D ). Anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc with relatively deep and close punctures, and with long, white setae. Posteromedian band of scutellum rugose. Propodeum with complete transverse and longitudinal carinae, and with additional small striae. Fore wing with small, slit-shaped areolet. Metacoxa large, surpassing posterior margin of T3. T1 with longitudinal sulcus on anterior 0.6, posterior 0.3 with two sublateral carinae sharply defined. T2 transverse, with smoother central area, slightly elevated from coarser lateral areas. T2+ with relatively long, sparse, white setae, which are mostly locate laterally on terga.

Female. Unknown.

Biology.

Reared from an undetermined species of Depressariidae with the interim name of "elachJanzen01 Janzen131".

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Molecular data.

The holotype sequence belongs to BIN BOLD:ACB2460, which has 5.3% of bp differences compared to the next species in BOLD, which is Janhalacaste winnieae .

Etymology.

Named after Daniel Janzen, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the fields of conservation biology, tropical ecology, citizen science and public outreach, and even for helping taxonomists to be better appreciated for what they do. The first author has also been honored to work with Dan on the Microgastrinae fauna of ACG for the past six years and counting.

Figures

Figure 14. Janhalacaste danieli male holotype. A Habitus B Head frontal C Fore wing D Mesosoma dorsal E Metasoma dorsal F Tergites 1 to 2 G Propodeum.