Alphomelon cruzi Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana, 2023

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 cruzi Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female "Sete Lagoas, MG, Brasil / EMBRAPA Milho e Sorgo / Mata João Dias / S19o25'27,1" W44o8'59" / Armadilha Malaise / 11.IV - 21.IV.2011 / I. Cruz col." (DCBU 82866)

Distribution.

Brazil.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

None available.

Etymology.

Named after Sr. Ivan Cruz, collector of the type specimen.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 2. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.1 mm. Fore wing length: 4.4 mm.

Figures

Figure 25. Alphomelon cruzi Shimbori & Fernandez-Triana holotype female DCBU 82866 A habitus, lateral B mesosoma, dorsal C T 1, dorsal D head, frontal E metasoma, dorsal.