Promicrogaster liagrantae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2016

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Boudreault, Caroline, Dapkey, Tanya, Smith, M. Alex, Rodriguez, J., Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2016, Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50, pp. 25-79 : 45-46

Promicrogaster liagrantae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 93-99

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 300m, 10.84389, -85.61384. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0013138.

Paratypes.

2♀ (CNC), Costa Rica, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280m, 11.0.004, -85.52699. DNA Voucher codes: DHJPAR0012586, DHJPAR0012587.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: yellow. Metasoma (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black, T3 with yellow spots laterally. Metacoxa: yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: anterior 0.5 smooth, posterior 0.5 sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.11-0.14 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08-0.10 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06-0.07 mm. Body length: 2.95-3.28 mm. Fore wing length: 3.11-3.15 mm. Ovipositor length: 2.66-2.70 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.73-0.76 mm. Metafemur length: 0.77-0.82 mm. Metatibia length: 0.97-1.03 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.48-0.52 mm/ 0.24-0.27 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.10-0.11 mm/ 0.40-0.45 mm.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG, dry forest).

Etymology.

Promicrogaster liagrantae is named in honor of 12-year-old Lia Thamara Grant Chacón from the Huacas school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.

Figures

Figures 93 - 99. Promicrogaster liagrantae sp. n. holotype.