Eriastichus tonioazofeifai, Hansson, 2021

Hansson, Christer, 2021, The genus Eriastichus La Salle (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Tetrastichinae) in the Neotropical region, introducing 48 new species, ZooKeys 1019, pp. 35-91 : 35

Eriastichus tonioazofeifai sp. nov. Figure 57

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva, 100-200 m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W, 30-31.iii.2002, swept, J.A. Azofeifa leg.

Type specimen.

Holotype male dried and glued to a paper card. Original labels: "COSTA RICA, Heredia, E.B. La Selva, 100-200 m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W, 30-31.iii.2002, swept, J.A. Azofeifa,", "HOLOTYPE Eriastichus tonioazofeifai Hansson" [red printed label], (MZLU:7049.1).

Diagnosis

(male). Head dark brown with part below antennal toruli yellowish brown; antenna (Fig. 57 ): scape pale brown, ventral plaque on scape ca. 0.1 × as long as scape, antenna with dorsobasal setae on F1 1.1 × as long as F1; gaster with lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Description

(male holotype MZLU:7049.1). Length of body 1.3 mm. Head dark brown with part below antennal toruli yellowish brown. Antenna with scape pale brown, ventral plaque dark brown, pedicel and flagellum brown. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum dark brown with metallic tinges; dorsellum pale brown; propodeum dark brown. Legs yellowish brown with hind coxa and hind femur pale brown. Wings ± hyaline. Gaster dark brown.

Head. Length/width in frontal view 0.7; width/length in dorsal view 2.3; POL/OOL 2.5; WM/MS 1.5; MS/HE 0.5; HE/head length in frontal view 0.6; widths head/mesoscutum 1.2. Antenna. Pedicel + flagellum length/mesoscutum width 2.0; pedicel + flagellum length/head width 1.6; lengths scape/ventral plaque 8.0; ventral plaque located in the middle of scape; scape length/width 5.8; lengths scape/head (dorsal view) 0.8; scape length/HE 1.3; length/width F1, F2, F3, F4, clava: 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.2, 5.3; length dorsobasal setae on F1/length F1 1.1. Mesosoma. Length/width 1.5; mesoscutum length/width 0.6; mesoscutellum length/width 0.7; widths SMG/SLG 1.1; enclosed space between SMG length/width 2.0; lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum 1.4; lengths mesoscutellum/dorsellum 2.9; lengths mesosoma/gaster 0.7. Wings. CC length/width 21.0; lengths CC/MV 1.3; lengths MV/ST 1.9; lengths MV/PM 3.6; lengths PM/ST 0.5; submarginal vein with six setae on dorsal surface. Gaster. With lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Etymology.

Named after collector, Antonio (Tonio) Azofeifa, parataxonomist in Costa Rica.

Figures

Figures 57 - 60. Eriastichus spp. 57, 58 head and antenna in lateral view, male holotypes: 57 E. tonioazofeifai 58 E. vestis; 59, 60 head in frontal view, male holotypes: 59 E. pallidops 60 E. denotatis.