Apanteles alvarougaldei
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae
Genus: Apanteles
Name
Apanteles alvarougaldei Fernández-Triana sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type locality
COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Puente Palma, 460m, 10.9163, -85.37869.
Holotype
♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Puente Palma, 460m, 23.iv.2006, 10.9163, -85.37869, DHJPAR0011962.
Paratypes
22 ♀, 9 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0001584, DHJPAR0002680, DHJPAR0003037, DHJPAR0011962, 93-SRNP-4213.
Description
Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.3–2.4 mm, 2.5–2.6 mm, rarely 2.1–2.2 mm. Fore wing length: 2.5–2.6 mm or 2.7–2.8 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.6–2.7, 2.8–2.9 or 3.0–3.1. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3–2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.6–1.7. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.9 or 1.0. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8 or 0.9.
Molecular data
Sequences in BOLD: 8, barcode compliant sequences: 7.
Biology/ecology
Gregarious (Fig. 304). Host: Hesperiidae, Bungalotis quadratum.
Distribution
Costa Rica, ACG.
Etymology
We dedicate this species to Alvaro Ugalde in recogniton of his diligent efforts in founding and guiding the National Park System of Costa Rica.
Original Description
- Fernández-Triana, J; Whitfield, J; Rodriguez, J; Smith, M; Janzen, D; Hallwachs, W; Hajibabaei, M; Burns, J; Solis, M; Brown, J; Cardinal, S; Goulet, H; Hebert, P; 2014: Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica ZooKeys, 383: 1-565. doi
Other References
- ↑ Smith M, Woodley N, Janzen D, Hallwachs W, Hebert P (2006) DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103: 3657-3662. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0511318103
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