The New World ant parasitoid genus Orasema (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) Baker, Austin J. Heraty, John M. Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-30 4888 1 1 84 Baker & Heraty, 2020 Baker & Heraty 2020 [151,361,1157,1184] Insecta Eucharitidae Orasema Animalia Hymenoptera 58 59 Arthropoda species peraltai sp. nov.  ( Fig. 31)   Diagnosis.Distinguished from  O. chrysozonaby features given in the key.   Description. Female.Length 3.3–3.6 mm( Fig. 31A). Color.Head and mesosoma bright green. Pedicel and anellus brown. Fore coxa yellow, mid and hind coxae iridescent green; femora yellow. Head( Fig. 31B–D). HW:HH = 0.8–1.0; IOD:EH = 1.0–1.2; MS:EH = 0.5–0.7; malar depression absent; supraclypeal area smooth. Palpal formula 3:2. Temples present, angulate. FL:HH = 0.9–1.1; F2L:F2W= 1.4–2.0, F2L:F3L = 1.4; clava subconical ( Fig. 31F). Mesosoma( Fig. 31E, G, H). ML:MH = 1.7–2.1. Mesoscutal midlobe costate, sparsely setose. Axilla smooth; scutoscutellar sulcus narrow, regularly foveate; mesoscutellar disc slightly longer than broad, weakly costate-reticulate; frenal line irregularly foveate; smooth with scattered shallow depressions; axillular sulcus distinct and foveate. Callus areolate. HCL:HCW = 1.6–2.1; HFL:HFW = 4.0–4.8, with moderate cover of short setae. FWL:FWW = 2.3–2.6, FWL:ML = 1.8–2.1; postmarginal vein several times longer than stigmal vein. Hind wing costal cell with a broad bare area. Metasoma.PTL:PTW = 2.0–2.7, PTL:HCL = 0.9–1.2, rugose-reticulate. Ovipositor with subapical carina present; first (ventral) valvula with 6–8 small, narrowly separated teeth, second (dorsal) valvula with 8–10 annuli that are broadly separated dorsally, carinae coalescing.  Male.Unknown.   Hosts.Unknown.  Plant associates.Unknown.   Distribution( Fig. 29). Argentina: CN, LR, SF, TM; Brazil: BA; Uruguay: CO. Collected in January–April.   Material Examined.   Holotype. ARGENTINA. Tucumán: Las Tipas( Trancas),  1169m,  26° 38’9”S,  65° 24’58”W,  2-6.i.2009, E. Virla, malaise trap[ ♀, desposited in UCRC: UCRCENT00434580].  Paratypes. AR-GENTINA.   Corrientes: Hwy.12, Arroyo Carumbe,  29° 30’18”S,  57° 52’48”W,  15.i.1989, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien& G. Wibmer[ 1♀, CASC: UCRCENT00417408].   La Rioja: Santa Cruz,  1637m, 28°40’45”S, 66°57’52”W, 15- 31.iv.2007, C. Porter & P. Fidalgo, decid. for., malaise trap, H07-049 [ 1♀, UCRC: UCRCENT00161481]; Sta. V. Cruz, 28°35’8”S, 66°37’50”W,   15-31.iii.2003, D. Peralta, MT[ 1♀, IFML: UCRCENT00436715]; 15.i.2007[ 1♀, IFML:UCRCENT00436709]; 28.ii.2007[ 5♀,IFML:UCRCENT00436703–05, MACN:UCRCENT00436896–97];   31.i.2007[ 6♀, IFML: UCRCENT00436707–08, MACN: UCRCENT00436899–900, UCRC: UCRCENT00169650, UCRCENT00169656].  Santa Fe: 8 km. N Recreo,  24m,  31° 25’2”S,  60° 44’42”W,   31.i.1989, C.W. & L.B. O’Brien& G. Wibmer[ 1♀, CASC: UCRCENT00417427].  Tucumán:btw Choromoto& Higuera,  900m,  26° 22’48”S,  65° 22’12”W,   9.i.1996, M.J. Sharkey[ 2♀, CNC: UCRCENT00505442–43].  BRAZIL.  Bahia:Chapada,  1347m,  12° 52’46”S,  41° 24’13”W, iv [ 2♀, USNM: UCRCENT00247814, UCRCENT00416666].  URUGUAY. Colonia: 1 km. E. R.21, km. 184,  33° 58’52”S,  58° 16’52”W, 9.ii.1989, C.W. & L. O’Brien & G. Wibmer [ 6♀, CASC: UCRCENT00417415, UCRCENT00417417–21].   Etymology.Named in honor of Daniel Peralta, who candidly took care of the malaise trap where this species was collected for many years. 2988974407 2009-01-02 2009-01-06 2009-01-02 E. Virla Argentina 1169 -26.635834 Trancas 20 -65.416115 Las Tipas 58 59 1 1 Tucuman holotype 2988974312 1989-01-15 CASC C. W. & L. B. O'Brien & G. Wibmer Argentina -29.505 Arroyo Carumbe 20 -57.879997 Hwy. 58 59 1 1 Corrientes paratype 2988974342 [734,1428,2004,2031] Argentina 1637 -28.679167 Santa Cruz 20 -66.96444 58 59 1 La Rioja paratype 2988974467 [510,1259,186,213] 2003-03-15 2003-03-31 2003-03-15 MT Peralta 59 60 1 1 2988974397 2007-01-31 24 -31.417221 Recreo 20 -60.745 59 60 6 6 Santa Fe 2988974304 1989-01-31 CASC C. W. & L. B. O'Brien & G. Wibmer & Choromoto & Higuera 900 -26.380001 Tucuman 20 -65.37 59 60 1 1 Tucuman 2988974435 1996-01-09 Sharkey Brazil 1347 -12.879444 BRAZIL 21 -41.403614 59 60 2 2 2988974434 Uruguay -33.981113 Colonia 19 -58.281113 59 60 2 2 Colonia