Heterospilus strazanaci 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 : 286-288

Heterospilus strazanaci Marsh sp. n. Figure 194

Female.

Body size: 2.5 mm. Color: body dark brown, metasomal terga 4-7 light brown to yellow; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 2-3 flagellomeres brown; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow, femora usually brown on apical half. Head: vertex granulate; frons granulate; face weakly granulate or smooth; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space slightly greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance 2.0-2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 18-20 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli weakly scrobiculate anteriorly, smooth posteriorly; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 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 rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose, propodeum with small tubercle above hind coxa near 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, granulate medially, length nearly twice apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present, slightly curved anteriorly at sides; third tergum entirely smooth except for costate transverse groove; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasomal tergum 1.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - COSTA RICA: Limon [;] 16km W. Guapiles [;] 400m, i-iv.1991 [;] col. Paul Hanson; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] strazanaci [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas, ACO [;] Golfito, P.N. Corcovado [;] Est. Agujas, Cerro Rincon [;] 600-745m, Malaise trap [;] 15. viii– 15.ix.1999, J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 275500-521950 #53268 (ESUW). 1 ♀, top label - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] 9km S. Santa Cecilia [;] Estacion Pitilia, 700m [;] vi.1996, Malaise trap; second label - C. Moraga & P. Rios [;] L.N. 330200-380200 [;] #47562 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Heredia [;] Braulio Carrillo N.P. [;] 250-500m iv.10.85 [;] Henri Goulet (AEIC). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Limon [;] sue de Iriquois [;] 300m, 23/V/1987 [;] Col. Paul Hanson (MICR). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Puntarenas [;] San Vito, Jardin Bot. [;] Las Cruces, VI-VII/88 [;] 1200m, col. P. Hanson (MICR). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, San Jose [;] P.N. Braulio Carrillo [;] 9km NE tunnel, 1100m [;] 15/V/89, Col. Hanson (MICR). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Guanac [;] Est. Pitilia, 9km S [;] SantaCecilia, 700m [;] IX 1988 P. Hanson (MICR). 2 ♀♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] Braulio Carillo N. P. [;] 8.2km E tunnel [;] 15-V-1988 P. Hanson (TAMU).

Comments.

The absence of hind wing vein SC+R, the long and narrow first metasomal tergum and the short ovipositor are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for my long time friend and colleague, John Strazanac.