Alphomelon simpsonorum 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 simpsonorum Deans, 2003

Figs 77A-G , 78A-E

Distribution.

Brazil (PR, SC), Costa Rica, Paraguay; all known records are from rainforest sites.

Biology.

Solitary, reared from unidentified Hesperiinae feeding on Poaceae in Costa Rica (no ACG) (Deans et a. 2003).

DNA barcoding.

Two partial barcodes (164 and 234 bp).

Other specimens examined.

(4 females): CNC1197001, CNCHYM 00051, CNCHYM 00052, CNC704289.

Figures

Figure 77. Alphomelon simpsonorum Deans holotype female A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C Wings D head and mesosoma, dorsal E antenna, lateral F metasoma, lateral G propodeum and metasoma, dorso-lateral.

Figure 78. Alphomelon simpsonorum Deans paratype female CNCHYM 00051 A head, frontal B habitus, lateral C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.