Heterospilus spiloheterus 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 : 284-286

Heterospilus spiloheterus Marsh sp. n. Figure 193

Female.

Body size: 3.0-3.5 mm. Color: body dark brown or black, apical metasomal terga lighter brown or yellow; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 5-7 flagellomeres brown; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow, apical ⅓ of femora light to medium brown. Head: vertex granulate; frons granulate; face granulate; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space equal to 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance 2.0-2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 23-25 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli weakly scrobiculate, often smooth posteriorly; scutellum granulate; 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, lateral areas entirely rugose, propodeum with distinct tubercle above hind coxa at base of petiole. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 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, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum weakly costate basally, smooth apically, occasionally entirely smooth; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor half as long as metasoma.

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 [;] spiloheterus [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, same data as holotype except, 25km W of pan-Amer. Hwy, 200m (ESUW). 13 ♀♀, Costa Rica, Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce, [;] 3km SW. Rincon, 10m, [;] vi.1991, Oct. 1991 and xii.1992 (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 3km [;] S.W. Rincon, 10m [;] IX-XI 1989, Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 10km W [;] Piedras Blancas, 100m [;] VI-VIII 1989, Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W. [;] Piedras Blancas, 200m [;] ii.1993, Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W [;] Piedras Blancas [;] 200m, vii-ix 1990 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: [;] Puntar. Golfo Dulce [;] 24km W Piedras Blancas [;] 200m, vi-viii 1989 [;] Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce 3km SW [;] Rincon [;] 10m, vii-ix 1990 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] 3km S. Rincon, 10m [;] II-III 1989 [;] P. Hanson & I. Gauld (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: [;] Puntar [;] Golfo Dulce, 3km [;] SW. Rincon, 10m [;] VI-VIII 1989, Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3kmSW Rincon, 10m, primary [;] forest, xii.1992, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] P.N. Corcovado, Est [;] Sirena, 50m [;] IV-VIII 1989 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Res. Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3km. SW Rincon, 10m [;] xii.1992, P. Hanson [;] Malaise, primary forest (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar [;] R.B. Carara, Estac. [;] Quebrada Bonita, 50m [;] vii-ix 1989, Hanson (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov. [;] OTS, La Selva, 100m [;] 1993 II-III P. Hanson (ESUW). 5 ♀♀, Costa Rica, Heredia [;] 3km. S. Puerto Viejo [;] OTS-La Selva, 100m [;] I-II-1993, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Heredia [;] 3km. S. Puerto Viejo, [;] OTS, La Selva, 100m [;] xii.1992, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Chilamate, 75m [;] 25/III/1989 [;] col. Hanson & Godoy (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: San Jose [;] P.N. Braulio Carillo [;] 9.5km E tunnel, 1000m [;] x-xii 1989, P. Hanson (ESUW). 3 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] P.N. Tortuguero [;] Est. 4-esquinas, 0m [;] iv-v 1989 and VI-VIII 1989, Solano (ESUW). 8 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] 16km W. Guapiles [;] 400m, i-iv.1991, vii-ix 1990, v-vi 1990, III/1989, II/1989 and iii-v 1990 [;] col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limón [;] 7km SW Bribri, 50m [;] I-II 1990 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] 4km NE Bribri [;] 50m, IX-XI 1989 [;] col. Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Sirena, Osa Pen. [;] VII.77 Cos. Rica [;] D. H. Janzen (AEIC). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Punt- [;] arenas. 7km SW Rincon [;] 31. v– 7.vi.1998; B. Brown [;] & V. Berezovskiy; Mal. [;] Trp. #5:2nd 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). 1 ♀, top label - COSTA RICA, Heredia: [;] Est. Biol. La Selva, 50- [;] 150m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W [;] Feb 1998, INBio-OET; second label - 18 Febrero 1998 [;] M/18/702 [;] Borde suampo (INBC). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA, Limon [;] sue de Iriquois [;] 300m, 23/V/1987 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (MICR). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA, Puntar. [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W. [;] PiedrasBlancas, 200m [;] XII-89-III-90 and III-VI-90 Hanson (MICR). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Puntar [;] San Vito, Las Tables [;] 1600m 10-III 89 (MICR). 1 ♀, Costa Rica [;] San Vito, Puntarenas [;] 19 December 1974 [;] M. Palmer (TAMU). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: [;] 11 mi. from Turrialba [;] "Los Esperales", C.A.T.I.E. [;] 5-II-1985 [;] P. Stansly (TAMU). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] San Vito - Las Cruces [;] 5-VI-1988 1200m [;] P. Hanson (TAMU).

Comments.

This species is very similar to Heterospilus sergeyi but is distinguished by the entirely granulate vertex.

Etymology.

The specific name is an anagram of Heterospilus .