Alphomelon arecaphile Deans, 2003

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 arecaphile Deans, 2003

Figs 4A-F , 5A-F , 6A-G , 7A-C , 92A

Distribution.

Brazil (PA), Costa Rica (ACG); collected in intermediate altitude rainforest sites.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Carystoides basoches and Synale cynaxa .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB1086.

Other specimens examined.

(14 females, 4 males). DHJPAR0050978, CNC1802029, CNC1802030, CNC1802031, CNC1802032, CNC1802033, CNC1802034, CNC1802035, CNC1802036, DHJPAR0053712, DHJPAR0026445, DHJPAR0047100, CNC280512, CNC704668, CNC704667, CNC704664, CNC704665, CNC704666.

Notes.

This species was keyed out by Deans et al. (2003) in an incorrect way, as it has one spine on the tarsal claws but it was keyed out through the second half of their couplet 11, which stated "tarsal claws with 2-4 spines" ( Deans et al. 2003: 7). Here we have keyed out the species based on the correct assessment of this character. A few specimens may have some veins in the fore wing more pale in color, but otherwise they fit very well with the rest of the characters (including biology, molecular and other morphological features).

Figures

Figure 4. Alphomelon arecaphile Deans female CNC 280512 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D antenna, lateral E mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 5. Alphomelon arecaphile Deans female CNC 704666 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, fronto-lateral E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 6. Alphomelon arecaphile Deans female DHJPAR 0053712 A hind leg B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D wings E mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal G ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 7. Alphomelon arecaphile Deans holotype female USNMENT 00828294 A habitus, lateral B habitus, dorsal C close-up of habitus, lateral.

Figure 92. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon arecaphile 16 - SRNP- 70716 - DHJ 732874 B Alphomelon bromeliphile 06 - SRNP- 60114 - DHJ 419211.