Alphomelon brachymacher Deans, 2003

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 brachymacher Deans, 2003

Figs 8A-E , 9A-F , 10A-C

Distribution.

Brazil (ES, MT, PA, SC), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Four partial barcodes (164 bp).

Other specimens examined.

( 8 females). CNCHYM 00010, CNC280513, CNC704683, CNCHYM 00006, CNCHYM 00007, CNCHYM 00008, CNCHYM 00009, CNC704684.

Notes.

Some of the specimens we have seen (e.g., Fig. 8A ) have the ovipositor longer and of different coloration than what was discussed by Deans et al. (2003).

Figures

Figure 8. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00006 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 9. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00010 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, fronto-lateral E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 10. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans holotype female USNMENT 00828295 A close-up of habitus, lateral B head and mesosoma, dorsal C habitus, lateral.