Alphomelon itatiaiensis Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon itatiaiensis Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana sp. nov.

Figs 40A-G , 41A-E

Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female (DCBU 100574): "Itatiaia, RJ, Brasil / PARNA de Itatiaia / Projeto Pensa Rio - Hympar / S 22o25'42,6" W 44o37'42,2" / Armadilha Malaise 03 (1.442 m) / 21.XI.2013 / R.F. Monteiro col."

Paratypes. 1 female, same as holotype (DCBU 100575); 1 female, same as holotype, except "... 22°26'1,4"S 44°36'49,5"W / Armadilha malaise 01 (1070 m) / 27.II.2014 …” (DCBU 100571); 1 female, same as holotype except "... 22°25'20,2"S 44°38'10"W Armadilha Malaise 04 (1.642m) / 14.IX.2013 …” (DCBU 100578); 1 female: "Itatiaia, RJ, Brasil / PARNA de Itatiaia / 22°26'16,5"S 44°36'41,4"W / Armadilha Malaise 02 (987 m) / 30.I.2012 / R.F. Monteiro col." (DCBU 100577).

Distribution.

Brazil.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Etymology.

Named after the locality of collection of the holotype and paratype specimens.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 2 or 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ~ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: clearly marked [with 1 or 2 strong costula centrally; costula absent in smaller specimens]. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: slightly longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.7-4.8 mm. Fore wing length: 3.8-4.8 mm.

Figures

Figure 40. Alphomelon itatiaiensis Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana holotype female DCBU 100574 (A to E) and paratype female DCBU 100575 (F, G) A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, lateral E antenna, lateral F metasoma, dorsal G mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 41. Alphomelon itatiaiensis Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana paratype female DCBU 100571 (A, B) and paratype female DCBU 100577 (C-E) A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal.