Alphomelon yanayacu 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 yanayacu Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Ecuador • Female, CNC; Guayas, Yanayacu, Las Penas, 2°10'55.74"S, 79°52'31.98"W, 300 m; 29-30.VIII.1977; Voucher code: CNC1065901.

Paratype. Ecuador • Female, CNC. Voucher code: CNC1196598.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Etymology.

Named after the holotype locality.

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: 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: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 weakly sculptured along margins. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.6-3.7 mm. Fore wing length: 3.6-3.8 mm.

Figures

Figure 90. Alphomelon yanayacu Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female CNC 1065901 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.