Euplectrus carlosarmientoi
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Eulophidae
Genus: Euplectrus
Name
Euplectrus carlosarmientoi Hansson sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Material
Holotype a female labeled “COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, 18.xii.2007, D. Garcia, ex Oxidia apidania eating Inga punctata, sibling of wasp DHJPAR0023273, 07-SRNP-47481” (BMNH). PARATYPES: 4♀ 3♂ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, INBio).
Diagnosis
Entire lower face yellowish-white with median part yellowish-brown (female, Fig. 139) or completely white (male, Fig. 140), parts close to eyes extending above level of upper margin of toruli; dorsellum without groove or foveae along anterior margin (Fig. 741); fore and mid legs yellowish-white, hind leg yellowish-brown (Fig. 138); petiole 1.0× as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ white with wide dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Figs 141, 142); male antenna with scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle, 2.8× as long as wide (Fig. 144), flagellomeres 2–5 with a basal whorl of erect setae.
Description
Female. Length of body 2.3 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish-white, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomeres pale brown (Fig. 143). Mandibles and palpi yellowish-white. Head black and shiny, entire lower face yellowish-white with median part yellowish-brown, parts close to eyes extending above level of upper margin of toruli (Fig. 139); vertex with parts lateral to ocellar triangle dark yellowish-brown. Frons close to eyes with two rows of setae (Fig. 149). Vertex smooth (Fig. 150). Occipital margin with a weak carina behind ocellar triangle (Fig. 150).
Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 138). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with 14 setae. Scutellum 1.0× as long as wide; with strong engraved reticulation (Fig. 151). Dorsellum without groove along anterior margin (Fig. 741). Propodeum smooth (Fig. 741); anteromedially with a semicircular cup; propodeal callus with seven setae. Fore and mid legs yellowish-white, hind leg yellowish-brown (Fig. 138). Fore wing: costal cell with two rows of setae on ventral surface, and margin with four setae close to marginal vein; with 15 admarginal setae, in one row.
Gaster with anterior ½ white with wide dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 141).
Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.3/1.0/1.8; POL/OOL/POO = 4.5/2.3/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.4; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.3/4.4/3.1; WH/WT = 1.1; PM/ST = 1.6; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 4.7/2.7/7.1/2.9/1.6/1.0/1.6; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 1.1.
Male. Length of body 1.9 mm. Scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle (Fig. 144), sensory pores confined to ventral margin. Otherwise similar to female except flagellomeres 2–5 with a basal whorl of erect setae (Fig. 144), lower face completely white (Fig. 140); scutellum with very weak reticulation in posterior ¾; gaster shorter.
Ratios. LC/WS = 2.8; MM/LG = 1.2.
Hosts and biology
Feeding on penultimate instar larva of Oxidia apidania (Geometridae) feeding on Inga punctata (Fabaceae), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.
Distribution
Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).
Etymology
This species is named after Carlos E. Sarmiento, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.
Original Description
- Hansson, C; Smith, M; Janzen, D; Hallwachs, W; 2015: Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica ZooKeys, (485): 1-236. doi
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