Eriastichus copalensis sp. nov. Figure 15

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Cartago, Humo, El Copal, 9°47'N, 83°45'W, 1050-1250 m, 29.ii-6.iii.2008, C. Hansson leg.

Type specimen.

Holotype male dried and glued to a paper card. Original labels: "Costa Rica, Cartago, Humo, El Copal, 9°47'N, 83°45'W, 1050-1250 m, 29.ii-6.iii.2008, C. Hansson", "HOLOTYPE Eriastichus copalensis Hansson" [red printed label], (MZLU:7033.1)

Diagnosis

(male). Head dark brown; antenna (Fig. 15): scape brown, ventral plaque on scape ca. 0.2 × as long as scape, antenna with dorsobasal setae on F1 0.5 × as long as F1; gaster with lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Description

(male holotype MZLU:7033.1). Length of body 1.5 mm. Head dark brown. Antenna brown, ventral plaque dark brown. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum dark brown; dorsellum pale brown. Legs with coxae and femora dark brown, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown. Gaster dark brown.

Head. Length/width in frontal view 0.8; width/length in dorsal view 2.1; POL/OOL 2.5; WM/MS 1.7; MS/HE 0.5; HE/head length in frontal view 0.6; widths head/mesoscutum 1.2. Antenna. Pedicel + flagellum length/mesoscutum width 2.2; pedicel + flagellum length/head width 2.0; lengths scape/ventral plaque 6.0; ventral plaque located slightly above the middle of scape; scape length/width 3.8; lengths scape/head (dorsal view) 0.5; scape length/HE 0.8; length/width F1, F2, F3, F4, clava: 3.0, 3.4, 3.8, 3.4, 8.0; length dorsobasal setae on F1/length F1 0.5. Mesosoma. Length/width 1.6; mesoscutum length/width 0.6; mesoscutellum length/width 0.8; widths SMG/SLG 1.2; enclosed space between SMG length/width 2.2; lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum 1.4; lengths mesoscutellum/dorsellum 3.0; lengths mesosoma/gaster 0.8. Wings. CC length/width 24.0; lengths CC/MV 1.1; lengths MV/ST 1.7; lengths MV/PM 3.1; lengths PM/ST 0.5; submarginal vein with seven setae on dorsal surface. Gaster. With lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Etymology.

Named after collecting locality.