Galeopsomyia nigrocyanea (Ashmead)

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 58-59

Galeopsomyia nigrocyanea (Ashmead)

( Figs 676, 677 )

Gyrolasia nigrocyaneus Ashmead 1886:134 . Lectotype ♀ (USNM type no. 8099) designated by LaSalle & Schauff (1992:30), examined through images. U.S.A. (Florida).

Galeopsomyia nigrocyanea (Ashmead) , ( Peck 1951:443).

Diagnosis (female). Antennae missing in single examined specimen; mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with strong reticulation with slightly elongate meshes ( Fig. 676 ); propodeum with strong reticulation and with a very strong median carina that expands in posterior part ( Fig. 676 ); hind coxa with a carina along posterior margin; petiole not visible; gaster about 3.2× as long as wide, tergites completely reticulate with very strong reticulation, medio-basal Gt 1 with a rectangular incision but without carinae or edges ( Fig. 676 ); body black without metallic tinges ( Figs 676, 677 ).

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Reared from galls induced by Belonocnema treatae Mayr ( Hymenoptera : Cynipidae ) on Quercus sp. ( Gordh 1979).

Distribution. U.S.A. (Florida) ( Ashmead 1886).

Material examined. Lectotype female in USNM, through images.

Remarks. The lectotype female is slightly damaged with most parts of antennae and left wing pair missing.

Figures

Figs 676–679. Gyrolasia nigrocyaneusAshmead, lectotype ♀ (USNM type no. 8099) – (676) habitus dorsal view; (677) habitus lateral view. Trichoporus persimilis Ashmead, lectotype ♀ (USNM type no. 60566) – (678) habitus dorsal view; (679) habitus lateral view.