Alphomelon rigoi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 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 rigoi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 72A-E , 73A-E

Type material.

Holotype. Belize • Female, CNC; Belize [Label has country as "British Honduras"], Middlesex, 17°2'22.70"N, 88°31'13.30"W, 125m; 12.IV.1965; coll. E. C. Welling; Voucher code: CNCHYM 00037.

Paratypes. Belize • 2 females, CNC. Voucher codes: CNC704364, CNC704365.

Other specimens examined.

Venezuela • 1 female, CNC. Voucher codes: WMIC 0349

Distribution.

Belize, Venezuela.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB8584, based on an almost complete sequence (573 bp), but see Notes below.

Etymology.

JFT dedicates this species to his dear friend Rigoberto (Rigo) Pérez de Alejo Fortún, in appreciation for the many adventures and experiences they have shared over the years.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/brown. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more. T1 central ridge: strongly marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally. T2 sculpture: strongly sculptured. Ovipositor sheaths length: shorter than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.2-4.4 mm. Fore wing length: 4.2-4.6 mm.

Notes.

The associated BIN includes at least three (possibly more) species, see further explanations and details under the treatment of Alphomelon melanoscelis. One female from Venezuela (WMIC 0349) is kept provisionally as this species but is excluded from the type series because it probably represents a different, undescribed species.

Figures

Figure 72. Alphomelon rigoi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female CNCHYM 00037 A habitus, lateral B fore wing C head, frontal D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 73. Alphomelon rigoi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female CNC 704365 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.