Promicrogaster eimyobandoae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2016

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Boudreault, Caroline, Dapkey, Tanya, Smith, M. Alex, Rodriguez, J., Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2016, Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50, pp. 25-79 : 40

Promicrogaster eimyobandoae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 45-50

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m, 10.89021, -85.38803. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0027520.

Paratypes.

1♀, 1♂ (CNC), same locality as holotype. 1♂ (CNC), ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254. DNA voucher codes: DHJPAR0025577, DHJPAR0025685, DHJPAR0026587.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown to yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.10 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06 mm. Body length: 2.78-2.80 mm. Fore wing length: 2.73-2.80 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.69-1.84 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.63 mm. Metafemur length: 0.69-0.71 mm. Metatibia length: 0.87-0.92 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.32 mm/ 0.15-0.23 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.11 mm/ 0.32-0.37 mm.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG, mid-elevation rain forest).

Etymology.

Promicrogaster eimyobandoae is named in honor of 12-year-old Eimy Yuleisi Obando Zelaya from the La Garita Vieja school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.

Figures

Figures 45 - 50. Promicrogaster eimyobandoae sp. n. holotype.