Alphomelon diniamartinezae 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 diniamartinezae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 26A-F , 94B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Laureles, 10°55'59.48"N, 85°15'12.06"W, 95m; 21.X.2006; ex. Niconiades incomptus ; coll. Anabelle Cordoba; Voucher code: DHJPAR0012804; Host voucher code: 06-SRNP-43998.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 2 females, 1 male, CNC; CNC1180084, CNC1180085, CNC1180086.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Niconiades incomptus .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAE2209.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Srta. Dinia Martínez in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

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 black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 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: absent. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 2.5-2.8mm. Fore wing length: 2.6-2.8 mm.

Figures

Figure 26. Alphomelon diniamartinezae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0012804 A head, frontal B head, lateral C habitus, lateral D fore wing E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 94. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon christerhanssoni 16 - SRNP- 65052 - DHJ 488258 B Alphomelon diniamartinezae 15 - SRNP- 30195 - DHJ 803603.