Apanteles eliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 127-128

Apanteles eliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 172, 310

Apanteles Rodriguez87 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 295m, 11.01541, -85.51125.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0002687. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 23.vii.2002, 11.01541°N, 85.51125°W, 295m, DHJPAR0002687.

Paratypes.

40 ♀, 10 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0002202, DHJPAR0002687, DHJPAR0005288, DHJPAR0005317, DHJPAR0011953.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less, rarely with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9 or 3.0-3.1. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.9 or more. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.8-1.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 1.0. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8 or 0.9.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 7, barcode compliant sequences: 1.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 310). Hosts: Hesperiidae , Urbanus doryssus DHJ02.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

A total of 21 ♀ and 5 ♂ (ACG codes DHJPAR0004612 and DHJPAR0004619) are named as Apanteles eliethcantillanoae , but are likely to be another species; they are reared from the same host as the other specimens of this species, but from a different place in ACG ( Estación La Perla, Sector Mundo Nuevo). Both failed sequencing. They are excluded from the paratype series and will be revisted later.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Elieth Cantillano in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxnomos and Estación Biológica Los Almendros in Sector Los Almendros and Sector Del Oro.