Alphomelon winniewertzae 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 winniewertzae Deans, 2003

Figs 83A-E , 84A-D , 85A-C

Distribution.

Canada (ON, QC), Mexico, United States (AR, DC, FL, KS, MA, MI, NC, OH, TN, TX, VA); collected in variable habitats throughout its range.

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Euphyes spp. in the United States (TX).

DNA barcoding.

No BIN but five partial barcodes (from 103 to 382 bp) available.

Other specimens examined.

(8 females, 5 males, 1 sex unknown): CNC721097, CNC280524, CNC721095, CNC721100, CNCHYM 00057, CNCHYM 00060, CNCHYM 00025, CNC721098, CNCHYM 00058, CNC721093, CNC721094, CNC721096, CNC721099, CNCHYM 00059.

Notes.

We have not found any evidence supporting the species presence in Costa Rica, as it was previously reported in Deans et al. (2003); thus, we here remove the country record as well as associated host data. It is also possible that the two specimens recorded from Mexico (from Guadalajara and Veracruz, see Deans et al. 2003: 38) are incorrect, but we have not been able to examine those specimens to conclude. The species is therefore considered in this paper to be mostly (or perhaps entirely) Nearctic, with a relatively broad distribution in eastern North America, including Canada up to 45° N.

Figures

Figure 83. Alphomelon winniewertzae Deans female CNC 721098 A head, frontal B habitus, lateral C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 84. Alphomelon winniewertzae Deans female CNCHYM 00025 A habitus, lateral B head, fronto-lateral C mesosoma, dorsal D metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 85. Alphomelon winniewertzae Deans holotype female USNMENT 00828301 A habitus, lateral B close-up of habitus, lateral C habitus, dorsal.