Heterospilus areolatus 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 : 36-37

Heterospilus areolatus Marsh sp. n. Figures 15, 16

Female.

Body size: 3.5 mm. Color: body dark brown or black; scape yellow without lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown; legs yellow; wing veins including stigma brown. Head: vertex transversely costate; frons transversely costate; face coarsely areolate; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width equal to eye width; malar space greater than eye 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance slightly greater than twice diameter of lateral ocellus; 24 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes coarsely rugose-granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in wide rugose area; scutellum smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesopleuron smooth; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter smooth; propodeum with basal median areas not margined, rugose, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area areolate-rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r nearly as long as vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU distinctly longer than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum apical width slightly greater than length, longitudinally costate, raised median triangular area distinctly margined and with basal cross carinae; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove absent; posterior transverse groove absent; third tergum entirely smooth; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor equal in length to metasomal terga 1-2.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Puntarenas, ACO [;] Golfito, Est. Agujas, 375m [;] Res. Ftal. Golfo Dulce [;] 16. iv– 16.v.1999, J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 276551-526423 #52775 [;] Malaise trap; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] areolatus [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

Known only from the holotype.

Comments.

The species is distinguished by its coarsely areolate face and long hind wing vein M+CU.

Etymology.

The specific name is in reference to the very distinctly areolate face.