Apanteles jorgehernandezi Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 177-178

Apanteles jorgehernandezi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 185, 329

Apanteles Rodriguez163 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue, 980m, 10.84886, -85.3281.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater, 22.iv.2006, 980m, 10.84886, -85.3281, DHJPAR0004996.

Paratypes.

34 ♀, 12 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0004996, DHJPAR0005221, DHJPAR0005235, DHJPAR0012785, DHJPAR0030903, DHJPAR0030927, DHJPAR0034260.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/ body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.5-2.6 mm. Fore wing length: 2.7-2.8 mm. Metafemur length/width: 3.2-3.3. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.7-2.8. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.6-1.7. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.8. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.7.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 17, barcode compliant sequences: 11.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 329). Hosts: Hesperiidae , Astraptes alardus , Astraptes brevicauda , Astraptes . talus, Astraptes tucuti , Urbanus dorantes .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

Some very minor differences in the barcoding region, but we are considering all those specimens as belonging to the same species except that the single dry forest Urbanus dorantes record is almost undoubtedly a specimen of Apanteles duvalierbricenoi placed incorrectly by a defective bardode.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Jorge Hernández in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos and Estación Biológica Caribe, and the ACG plant inventory.