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

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Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female “Teresópolis, RJ, Brasil / PARANA da Serra dos Órgãos 22°28'36"S 42°59'31"W Armadilha Malaise 04a (563 m) X.2015 / R.F. Monteiro e eq. col." (DCBU 467753)

Paratypes. Brazil. 3 females, same as holotype except: 1F " 22°28'37"S 42°59'45"W / Malaise 5b (691m) / I.2015" (DCBU 370748); 1F " 22°29'40"S 42°59'54"W / Armadilha Malaise 3a (360m) / XI.2014" (DCBU 356385); 1F " 22°31'02"S 43°00'22"W Armadilha Malaise 02b (248m) VII.2015" (DCBU 375530). 2 females "Iguape, SP, Brasil / ESEC Juréia - Itatins / 24°31'12"S 47°12'5,8"W / Armadilha Malaise 4 / 19.v.2010 / N. W. Perioto e eq. cols" (DCBU 49960, 49963).

Distribution.

Brazil.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Etymology.

Named in honor of our colleague Dra. Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, for her contribution to the taxonomy of the Brazilian species of Alphomelon .

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: 1. 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 smooth. T1 central ridge: absent or faintly indicated by shallow depression. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.7-4.0 mm. Fore wing length: 3.7-4.0 mm.

Figures

Figure 59. Alphomelon palomae Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana holotype female DCBU 467753 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, lateral D wings E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.