Alphomelon disputabile (Ashmead, 1900)

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 disputabile (Ashmead, 1900)

Figs 27A-F , 28A-E , 29A-F

Distribution.

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (ES, MT, PA, RJ, SC), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru*, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, United States (KS, TX), Venezuela.

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Cymaenes trebius and Lerema spp. on Poaceae .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAF3301.

Notes.

Some specimens may have tarsal claws with two spines.

Other specimen examined.

(70 females, 43 males, 1 sex unknown): DHJPAR0031614, CNCHYM 00005, CNCHYM 00033, CNCHYM 00031, CNCHYM 00030, CNCHYM 00024, CNCHYM 00026, CNCHYM 00027, CNCHYM 00028, CNCHYM 00029, CNCHYM 00032, CNC704259, CNC704260, CNC704261, CNC704262, CNC704263, CNC704264, CNC704265, CNC704266, CNC704267, CNC704268, CNC704269, CNC704270, CNC704271, CNC704272, CNC704273, CNC704274, CNC704275, CNC704276, CNC704277, CNC704278, CNC704279, CNC704280, CNC704281, CNC704282, CNC704283, CNC704284, CNC704285, CNC704286, CNC704290, CNC704291, CNC704292, CNC704293, CNC704294, CNC704295, CNC704296, CNC704297, CNC704298, CNC704299, CNC704300, CNC704301, CNC704302, CNC704303, CNC704304, CNC704305, CNC704306, CNC704307, CNC704308, CNC704309, CNC704310, CNC704311, CNC704312, CNC704313, CNC704314, CNC704315, CNC704316, CNC704317, CNC704318, CNC704319, CNC704320, CNC704321, CNC704322, CNC704323, CNC704324, CNC704325, CNC704326, CNC704327, CNC704328, CNC704329, CNC704330, CNC704331, CNC704332, CNC704333, CNC704334, CNC704335, CNC704336, CNC704337, CNC704338, CNC704339, CNC704340, CNC704341, CNC704342, CNC704343, CNC704344, CNC704345, CNC704346, CNC704347, CNC704348, CNC704349, CNC704350, CNC704351, CNC704352, CNC704353, CNC704354, CNC704355, CNC704356, CNC704357, CNC704358, CNC704359, CNC704360, CNC734950, CNC1065892, CNC1065931, CNC1065995.

Figures

Figure 27. Alphomelon disputabile (Ashmead) female CNC 704298 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D antennae, lateral E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F head and mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 28. Alphomelon disputabile (Ashmead) female CNC 1065931 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 29. Alphomelon disputabile (Ashmead) female DHJPAR 0031614 A habitus, lateral B wings C head, frontal D head and mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F head, lateral.