Alphomelon petronariosae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 66A-E, 101B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 11°01'09.34"N, 85°24'35.89"W, 440m; 17.IX.2011; ex. Lerema liris; coll. Freddy Quesada; Voucher code: DHJPAR0048219; Host voucher code: 11-SRNP-32632.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Anthoptus epictetus, Conga chydaea, Lerema liris, Morys lyde, M. micythus, Vehilius vetula, and Vehilius Janzen03.

DNA barcoding.

BIN BOLD:ADA7564

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Petrona Ríos in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: white/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 1. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.8 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth.

T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.4 mm. Fore wing length: 4.2 mm.

Notes.

The barcodes available for this species are comparatively very similar to those of A. calixtomoragai (only 1.28% bp different) but the two species have morphological differences (see key) as well as different hosts.