Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Paretas-Martínez, Jordi & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2013, Revision of Apocharips Fergusson (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with description of three new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 3646 (4), pp. 487-500 : 489-494

Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar n. sp.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE Ƥ (IAvH): “ COLOMBIA, Boyacá, SFF Iguaque, Lagunillas, 5º25’N 73º27’W, 3380m, Malaise, 16.iv. 02.ii.2001, P. Reina leg., M-1738”. PARATYPE Ƥ (UB): “ COLOMBIA, Boyacá, SFF Iguaque, Lagunillas, 5º25’N 73º27’, 3380m, Malaise, 18.v. 10.vi.2001, P. Reina leg., M-1766”.

Diagnosis. Apocharips colombiana resembles A. angelicae having two last flagellomeres of female antenna well differentiated, not broadly joined. Several characters distinguish these two species: rhinaria and the club (antenna widening) begin in F 2 in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 E) but in F 5 in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 C); proportions of first flagellomeres are F1=F2<F 3 in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 E), F1>F2=F 3 in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 C); propodeal carinae form a plate with margins strongly curved in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 D), but they are thick and separate in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 D); A. colombiana lacks carinae on apex of scutellum ( Fig. 2 D), present in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 D).

Description. Length. Female: 1.6–1.7 mm. Male unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Antennae dark brown. Legs yellowish brown. Veins brown.

Head. Triangular, higher than wide, smooth, shiny. Setae below and between toruli, few setae above toruli. Few setae on vertex, many setae on frons. Transfacial line 0.8 times height of compound eye. Malar space 0.3 times height of compound eye.

Antenna. Female: 13-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F2-F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 3 (2); 2.5 (1.9); 4.0 (1.2); 4.0 (1.7); 4.6 (2.0); 4.7 (2.0) ( Fig. 2 E).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with setae, less on posterodorsal margins; with two thick, curved, long carinae ( Fig. 2 C). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, round in dorsal view, with few scattered setae. Scutellum smooth, shiny with scattered setae, more abundant on apex; apex without carinae ( Fig. 2 D). Propodeum with abundant setae; two propodeal carinae separated by setae in first third, forming a plate in two last thirds, with strongly curved sides ( Fig. 2 D).

Forewing. Longer than body, 1.5 times as long as mesosoma+metasoma. With dense pubescence and marginal setae ( Fig. 2 A). Radial cell 2.0 times as long as wide. R1 short, straight; Rs long, curved. R1 and Rs not reaching costal margin ( Fig. 2 B).

Etymology. This species is named after the first country where it was found.

Distribution. Colombia.

Apocharips hansoni Menke, 1993 ( Fig. 3 )

Type material of Apocharips hansoni Menke, HOLOTYPE Ƥ (USNM) designated by Menke (1993) with the following labels: “ Costa Rica, Cartago: La Cangreja, 1950m, III-V-1992, Malaise trap, Paul Hanson collector”, “ Holotype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ” (pink label). PARATYPES 43 (USNM) with the following labels: 13 with the same labels of the holotype; “ Costa Rica, Alajuela, P.N. Volcan Poas, 2500m, 26.4.1991, Col. Paul Hanson”, “ Trioza sp. leaf gall on Phoebe or Nectandra ”, “ Paratype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ”: 23; “ Costa Rica, Alajuela, P.NAC. Volcan Poas, 2500m, 22-IX-1991, Paul Hanson”, “Ex Trioza sp. leaf gall on Phoebe or Nectandra (Lamraceae) ”, “ Paratype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ”: 13.

Diagnosis. Apocharips hansoni is differentiated from all other Apocharips species having small radial carinae on face, around clypeus ( Fig. 3 E). The rest of Apocharips species have a smooth face without carinae.

Redescription. Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Scape yellowish brown, pedicel and F1 dark yellow, F2–F12 yellowish brown. Legs and veins yellowish brown.

Head. Triangular, higher than wide, smooth, shiny. Setae below and between toruli, few setae above toruli. Scattered setae on vertex, many setae on frons. Face with many parallel ridges between eye and clypeus. Transfacial line 0.9 times height of compound eye. Malar space 0.4 times height of compound eye ( Fig. 3 E).

Antenna. Female: 13-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F3 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F4–F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 4.0 (2.3); 3.5 (1.9); 4.7 (1.3); 2.7 (1.3); 3.1 (1.4); 4.2 (1.5) ( Fig. 3 B). Male: 14-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F3 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F4–F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 5.0 (2.5); 5.0 (3.0); 8.0 (2.0); 4.0 (2.0); 5.0 (2.0); 6.0 (3.0).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with sparse setae, less on posterodorsal margins; with two long, thick carinae ( Fig. 3 D). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, round in dorsal view with few scattered setae ( Fig. 3 G). Scutellum smooth, shiny with scattered setae not being more abundant on apex ( Fig. 3 G); one or two carinae slightly curved at each side of apex of scutellum ( Fig. 3 C). Propodeum with abundant setae; two propodeal carinae well defined, thick, curved ( Fig. 3 C).

Forewing. Longer than body, 1.1 times as long as mesosoma+metasoma. With dense pubescence and marginal setae. Radial cell 2.4 times as long as wide. R1 short, very slightly curved; Rs long, straight ( Fig. 3 A). Distribution. Costa Rica (Menke 1993: 99).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apocharips angelicae Pujade-Villar & Evenhuis, 2002: a) forewing; b) pronotum; c) female antenna; d) apex of scutellum and propodeum; e) body; f) head.

FIGURE 2. Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: a) forewing; b) radial cell; c) pronotum; d) apex of scutellum and propodeum; e) female antenna.

FIGURE 3. Apocharips hansoni Menke, 1993: a) radial cell; b) female antenna; c) apex of scutellum and propodeum; d) pronotum; e) head (carinae indicated by arrows); f) body; g) mesoscútum.