Heterospilus zapotec Marsh

Marsh, Paul M., Wild, Alexander L. & Whitfield, James B., 2013, The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini, ZooKeys 347, pp. 1-474 : 300-301

Heterospilus zapotec Marsh sp. n. Figure 204

Female.

Body size: 3.5-4.0 mm. Color: body dark brown, metasomal terga 5-7 yellow; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 5-7 flagellomeres brown; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate; frons granulate; face granulate; temple in dorsal view narrow and sloping behind eye width 1/2 eye width; malar space equal to 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 25-27 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangle costate area; scutellum weakly granulate or smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter weakly granulate or smooth; propodeum with basal median areas weakly but distinctly margined, granular or rugose, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area areolate-rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinal costate, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, weakly granulate or smooth apically; terga 4-7 weakly granulate or smooth; ovipositor about 3/4 length of metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Puntarenas, ACO [;] Golfito, R.F. Golfo Dulce [;] Est. Agujas, 250-350m [;] 15. vi– 15.vii.1999, J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 276750-526550 #52838 [;] Malaise trap; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] zapotec [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] P.N. Tortuguero [;] Est. 4-esquinas, 0m [;] iv-v.1989, J. Solano (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Chilamate, 75m [;] 25/III/1989 [;] col. Hanson & Godoy (ESUW). 1 ♀, Sirena, Osa Pen. [;] VII 77 Cos.Rica [;] D.H. Janzen (AEIC). 1 ♀, S.RosaPark, Guan. [;] C. Rica 4 Nov 77 [;] D,H. Janzen [;] Dry Hill (AEIC). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, San Jose [;] Zurqui de Moravia [;] 1600m, 24-XII 1988 [;] Col. P. Hanson (MICR).

Comments.

This species is similar to Heterospilus carolinae but is distinguished by the yellow apical metasomal terga.

Etymology.

Named for the Zapotec, an indigenous people of Mexico.