Alphomelon manuelriosi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon manuelriosi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 46A-G , 99A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10°57'42.84"N, 85°16'49.44"W, 96m; 2.X.2013; ex: Cymaenes odilia trebius ; coll. Keiner Aragón; Voucher code: DHJPAR0053843; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-76649.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 1 female, 3 males, CNC. Voucher codes: DHJPAR0049470, DHJPAR0051849, DHJPAR0053809, DHJPAR0053818.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Corticea lysias , Cymaenes odilia trebius , Parphorus decora , and Parphorus storax .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ABX0806.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Manuel Ríos in honor of his decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: dark brown/brown. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 2. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: marked by weak carina. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.5-4.2 mm. Fore wing length: 3.7-4.3 mm.

Figures

Figure 46. Alphomelon manuelriosi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0053843 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D hind leg, lateral E head, lateral F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal G mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 99. Parasite cocoons and caterpillars A Alphomelon manuelriosi 15 - SRNP- 31843 - DHJ 728686 B Alphomelon josecortesi 15 - SRNP- 2670 - DHJ 704019.