Alphomelon brachymacher 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 brachymacher Deans, 2003

Figs 8A-E , 9A-F , 10A-C

Distribution.

Brazil (ES, MT, PA, SC), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Four partial barcodes (164 bp).

Other specimens examined.

(8 females). CNCHYM 00010, CNC280513, CNC704683, CNCHYM 00006, CNCHYM 00007, CNCHYM 00008, CNCHYM 00009, CNC704684.

Notes.

Some of the specimens we have seen (e.g., Fig. 8A ) have the ovipositor longer and of different coloration than what was discussed by Deans et al. (2003).

Figures

Figure 8. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00006 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 9. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00010 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, fronto-lateral E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 10. Alphomelon brachymacher Deans holotype female USNMENT 00828295 A close-up of habitus, lateral B head and mesosoma, dorsal C habitus, lateral.