Apleurotropis albiscapus, Hansson, Christer, 2010

Hansson, Christer, 2010, Apleurotropis Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) new to tropical America, including six new species and biological records, Zootaxa 2563, pp. 35-52 : 40-42

Apleurotropis albiscapus sp. nov.

( Figs 7–11 , 38, 39 )

Diagnosis. Ventral surface of costal cell with a complete row of setae (as in Fig. 35 ); frontal suture downcurved laterally ( Figs 7, 8 ); female scape yellowish-brown, male scape white; propodeal callus with 4–5 setae; coxae yellowish-brown in female, white in male; postmarginal vein 2.9X as long as stigmal vein; petiole 1.5X as long as wide in female, 2.0X as long as wide in male, dark brown with metallic tinges in female, yellowishwhite to pale brown in male.

Description. FEMALE. Length 2.1–2.2 mm.

Scape yellowish-brown, remaining antenna dark brown. Frons below frontal suture golden-green with or without red tinges, above suture metallic bluish-purple. Vertex metallic bluish-green or golden-green. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum metallic bluish-green. Coxae yellowish-brown, hind coxa sometimes pale brown; femora yellowish-brown with apex pale brown to dark brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Forewing hyaline with an infuscate spot medially. Petiole dark brown with metallic tinges. Gaster with tergites 1–3 metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites metallic dark purple.

Antenna as in Fig. 38 . Frons with raised and weak reticulation ( Fig. 7 ). Vertex with engraved and weak small-meshed reticulation ( Fig. 9 ).

Mesoscutum with engraved and strong reticulation, reticulation weaker on sidelobes, posterior 1/3 with weak median groove ( Fig. 10 ); notaular depressions smooth and shiny. Scutellum with engraved and strong reticulation, laterally and posteriorly smooth ( Fig. 10 ). Axillae with engraved and very weak reticulation ( Fig. 10 ). Dorsellum smooth with two large foveae anterolaterally ( Fig. 11 ). Propodeal callus with 4–5 setae ( Fig. 11 ). Forewing rounded, speculum closed below. Petiolar foramen rounded.

Petiole dorsally smooth and shiny, 1.5X as long as wide, with a spine mediolaterally ( Fig. 11 ). Gaster ovate with apex pointed.

MALE. Length 1.5 mm.

Scape white. Entire frons metallic bluish-green. Vertex golden-purple. Scutellum golden-green. Legs predominantly white, hind femur and all tarsi pale brown. Petiole yellowish-white to pale brown. Colour otherwise as in female.

Antenna as in Fig. 39 . Head otherwise as in female.

Petiole 2.0X as long as wide, without spine mediolaterally. Mesosoma and metasoma otherwise as in female.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Biology. Reared from an unidentified Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) mining leaves of Bambusa (= Guadua ) angustifolia (Poaceae) .

Material examined. Holotype female ( BMNH) labelled " Costa Rica: San José, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, 10˚3'N 84˚0'W, v.1995, P. Hanson".

Paratypes. 8Ψ 3ɗ on cards. COSTA RICA. Puntarenas: San Vito, Las Tablas, 1600 m, 10.iii.1989, P. Hanson (1ɗ, MIUCR). San José: San Pedro, Reserva Ecología Leonel Oviedo, University of Costa Rica, 1150 m, 15.v.2000, ex Elachistidae larva mining leaf of Guadua angustifolia, K. Nishida (1ɗ, INBio); Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, 10˚3'N 84˚0'W, v.1995, P. Hanson (2Ψ 1ɗ, BMNH, MIUCR), iv.1992 (2Ψ, MIUCR), iv.1995 (3Ψ, CH, INBio), vii.1996 (1Ψ, INBio)

Etymology. Named for the white scape in males.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 11. Apleurotropis albiscapus sp. nov. 7, head frontal, female. 8, head frontal, male. 9, vertex, female. 10, mesosoma dorsal, female. 11, propodeum, female.

FIGURES 36 – 46. Apleurotropis spp. nov., antenna lateral. 36, A. albicaulis, female. 37, A. albicaulis, male. 38, A. albiscapus, female. 39, A. albiscapus, male. 40, A. anemia, female. 41, A. anemia, male. 42, A. strix, female. 43, A. assis, female. 44, A. assis, male. 45, A. ficaria, female. 46, A. ficaria, male.

FIGURES 32 – 35. Apleurotropis spp. nov. 32, A. anemia, mesosoma and petiole, female. 33, A. albicaulis, mesosoma and petiole, female. 34, A. anemia, base of forewing, cs = costal cell. 35, A. assis, base of forewing, cs = costal cell.