Eriastichus daptilis, 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 daptilis sp. nov. Figure 17

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva, 75 m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W, 28-29.ii.2008, J.S. Noyes leg.

Type specimen.

Holotype male dried and glued to a paper card. Original labels: "COSTA RICA, Heredia, E.B. La Selva, 75 m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W, 28-29.ii.2008, J.S. Noyes, NHM (Ent) 2010-21", "HOLOTYPE Eriastichus daptilis Hansson" [red printed label], (NHMUK014431025).

Diagnosis

(male). Head and antenna dark brown; ventral plaque on scape ca. 0.2 × as long as scape (Fig. 17 ), antenna with dorsobasal setae on F1 1.1 × as long as F1; dorsellum and major parts of legs dark brown; gaster without lateral tufts on tergites.

Description

(male holotype NHMUK014431025). Length of body 0.9 mm. Head and antenna dark brown, ventral plaque black. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, dorsellum and propodeum dark brown. Legs dark brown, trochanters and tarsi yellowish brown. Gaster dark brown.

Head. Length/width in frontal view 0.8; width/length in dorsal view 2.1; POL/OOL 1.3; WM/MS 4.2; MS/HE 0.7; HE/head length in frontal view 0.6; widths head/mesoscutum 1.0. Antenna. Pedicel + flagellum length/mesoscutum width 1.6; pedicel + flagellum length/head width 1.5; lengths scape/ventral plaque 5.0; ventral plaque located below the middle of scape; scape length/width 3.6; lengths scape/head (dorsal view) 0.5; scape length/HE 0.9; length/width F1, F2, F3, F4, clava: 1.6, 1.8, 1.6, 1.6, 5.2; length dorsobasal setae on F1/length F1 1.1. Mesosoma. Length/width 1.3; mesoscutum length/width 0.5; mesoscutellum length/width 0.7; widths SMG/SLG 1.1; enclosed space between SMG length/width 1.9; lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum 1.3; lengths mesoscutellum/dorsellum 2.5; lengths mesosoma/gaster 0.9. Wings. CC length/width 16.3; lengths CC/MV 1.2; lengths MV/ST 1.7; lengths MV/PM 2.8; lengths PM/ST 0.6; submarginal vein with four setae on dorsal surface. Gaster. Without lateral tufts on tergites.

Figures

Figures 11 - 17. Eriastichus spp. head and antenna in lateral view, male holotypes 11 E. acribis 12 E. cluridis 13 E. aphritis 14 E. colenis 15 E. copalensis 16 E. coelotis 17 E. daptilis.