Galeopsomyia abatis Hansson, 2023

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 62-63

Galeopsomyia abatis Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 44, 45 , 999 )

Diagnosis (female). Antennal clava solid, 2.2× as long as wide ( Fig. 999 ); genal carina present; mesoscutum and mesoscutellum ( Fig. 44 ) with a median groove, mesoscutellum with ±distinct submedian grooves and median part with ±elongate meshes ( Fig. 44 ); propodeum with a strong and wide median carina that expands strongly backwards from median part ( Fig. 44 ); hind coxa with a carina along posterior margin; gaster 1.9× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with a blunt transverse edge dorsally, Gt 2 0.2× as long as Gt 4, tergites with strong reticulation ( Fig. 44 ).

Female holotype: length of body 1.9mm (paratypes 2.0– 2.1mm).

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head with frons metallic bluish-green, antennal scrobes black with metallic tinges and clypeus dark brown; vertex black with metallic blue tinges. Mesosoma metallic bluish-green. Legs with fore and mid coxae black with metallic blue tinges, hind coxa metallic bluish-green; trochanters dark brown; fore and mid femora dark brown with apex yellowish-brown, hind femur metallic bluish-green with apex yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; fore tarsus pale brown with T4 dark brown, mid and hind tarsi yellowish-brown with T4 pale brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1 metallic bluish-green, Gt 2-5 golden-purple, metallic bluish-green laterally, Gt 6 metallic bluish-green, Gt 7 black; gonoplac black.

Antenna with solid clava. Face below toruli and scrobes with weak reticulation, frons with strong reticulation, clypeal area smooth; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, isodiametric in anterior part of midlobe and elongate in posterior part; midlobe with six setae in one row close to notauli; with a complete but weak median groove. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves ±distinct. Dorsellum with strong reticulation. Propodeum with a strong and wide median carina that expands strongly backwards from median part; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation, hind coxa with a strong carina along posterior margin. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below and towards base of wing; costal setal row complete.

Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster ovate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a blunt transverse edge dorsally; tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 20; head length, frontal view 33; POL 11.5; OOL 5; lateral ocellus diameter 4; head width 46; mouth width 14.5; malar space 12.5; eye length 20; scape length 16; scape width 3.5; pedicel+flagellum length 39; pedicel length 6.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3.5; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 4; F2 length 5.5; F2 width 4.5; F3 length 5; F3 width 5; clava length 13; clava width 6; C3 length 4; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 59; mesosoma width 41; midlobe of mesoscutum length 21; mesoscutellum length 22; mesoscutellum width 23; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 11.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 13.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 3.5; dorsellum length 4; propodeum length 9; costal cell length 36; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3; marginal vein length 24; stigmal vein length 12; gaster length 68; gaster width 36; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 3; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 13; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 7; Gt

7 width (measured at base) 13; longest cercal seta length 9; shortest cercal seta length 6.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia , xi.1949, F. Plaumann ( NHMUK) . Paratypes: 3♀ with same label data as holotype ( MZLU, NHMUK) .

Figures

Figs 44–47. Galeopsomyia abatis ♀ – (44) habitus dorsal view, paratype; (45) habitus lateral view, holotype. Galeopsomyia aciana, holotype ♀ – (46) habitus dorsal view; (47) habitus lateral view.

Figs 999–1005. Head incl. antennae, lateral view ♀ – (999) Galeopsomyia abatis; (1000) G. alas; (1001) G. druparum; (1002) G. beltearis; (1003) G. caribeae; (1004) G. casacocaensis; (1005) G. collina.