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

Figs 1A-E , 91A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Brasilia, Gallinazo, 11°01'05.70"N, 85°22'19.16"W, 360m; 9.I.2012; ex. Parphorus decora ; coll. Minor Carmona; Voucher code: DHJPAR0047257; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-65054.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Niconiades incomptus and Parphorus decora .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAR3562.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Adrián Guadamuz in honor of his decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: brown/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: weakly sculptured along margins. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.6 mm. Fore wing length: 3.6 mm.

Figures

Figure 1. Alphomelon adrianguadamuzi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0047257 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E head and mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 91. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon adrianguadamuzi 06 - SRNP- 34573 DHJ 436594 B Alphomelon andydeansi 15 - SRNP- 32133 DHJ 729026.