Heterospilus cartagoensis Marsh

Marsh, Paul M., Wild, Alexander L. & Whitfield, James B., 2013, The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini, ZooKeys 347, pp. 1-474 : 49

Heterospilus cartagoensis Marsh sp. n. Figure 27

Female.

Body size: 3.0 mm. Color: head yellow; scape light brown, with weak lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown (broken); mesosoma with mesoscutum, mesopleuron and venter yellow, pronotum, upper portion of mesopleuron, and propodeum dark brown; metasomal tergum 1 dark brown, terga 2-5 brown medially, yellow laterally, terga 6-7 yellow; legs yellow; wing veins including stigma brown. Head: vertex transversely costate; frons transversely costate; face rugose; temple in dorsal view slightly bulging, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about twice diameter of lateral ocellus; antennae broken. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular rugose area; scutellum smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesopleuron smooth; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter weakly granulate or smooth; propodeum with basal median areas granulate, distinctly margined, basal median carina distinct, areola not distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum costate, length longer than apical width; second tergum costate, width less than 3 times length; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove very weakly indicated medially only; third tergum costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor longer than metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Cartago [;] Dulce Nombre, Vivero [;] Linda Vista, 1400m [;] vi-viii.1993, Hanson. Second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] cartagoensis [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

Known only from the holotype.

Comments.

The yellow head and mesoscutum are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for Cartago Province where the holotype was collected.