Alphomelon andydeansi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 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 andydeansi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 3A-F , 91B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa, 10°50'15.50"N, 85°37'07.36"W, 295m; 25.XII.2008; Malaise Trap; coll. Daniel Janzen & Winifred Hallwachs; Voucher code: DHJPAR0031609.

Paratypes. Costa Rica• 17 females, 3 males, CNC; DHJPAR0031655, DHJPAR0031618, DHJPAR0031647, DHJPAR0031619, DHJPAR0043085, DHJPAR0031612, DHJPAR0031613, DHJPAR0031643, DHJPAR0031611, DHJPAR0031615, DHJPAR0025868, DHJPAR0047217, DHJPAR0031617, DHJPAR0047175, DHJPAR0049243, DHJPAR0049244, DHJPAR0049254, DHJPAR0049260, DHJPAR0049250, DHJPAR0055291.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Anthoptus epictetus , A. insignis , A. Burns33, Conga chydaea , Corticea corticea , Cymaenes odilia trebius , Cymaenes Burns01, Cynea irma , Justinia norda , Morys lydeDHJ02, Nyctelius nyctelius , Parphorus decora , Psoralis Janzen38, Synapte salenus , Vehilius vetula and Vettius aurelius , all feeding on Poaceae .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ADJ6568.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr. Andrew (Andy) Deans in honor of his effort to work on the morphological taxonomy of ACG, and as a pioneer in the taxonomic study of Alphomelon , before the tool of DNA barcoding for identification became widely available.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly dark brown to black but with some laterotergites and sternites yellow. 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: strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly strongly sculptured. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.5-4.3 mm. Fore wing length: 3.6-4.2 mm.

Figures

Figure 3. Alphomelon andydeansi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0031609 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 91. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon adrianguadamuzi 06 - SRNP- 34573 DHJ 436594 B Alphomelon andydeansi 15 - SRNP- 32133 DHJ 729026.