Heterospilus jabillosensis 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 : 237-238

Heterospilus jabillosensis Marsh sp. n. Figure 161

Female.

Body size: 2.0 mm. Color: head dark brown; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 3-5 flagellomeres brown; mesosoma dark brown, propleuron and pronotal collar often lighter; metasomal terga light brown to brown, terga 1 apically and 2 medially often lighter yellow, apical terga yellow; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex weakly granulate; frons smooth; face smooth, sometimes weakly striate below antennae; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance greater than 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 15-18 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes smooth; notauli smooth, meeting at scutellum in unsculptured area; scutellum smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter smooth; propodeum with basal median areas distinct, not or weakly margined, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a interstitial with vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R absent, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, often granulate medially, length equal to or slightly greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum entirely smooth except for costate transverse groove; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasomal tergum 1.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - COSTA RICA, Alajuela [;] Jabillos, 100m [;] 24/III/1989 [;] col. Paul Hanson; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOLTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] jabillosensis [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

3 ♀♀, same data as holotype (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica, Puntarenas [;] R.F. Golfo Dulce, 5km. [;] W. Piedras Blancas, 100m [;] I-1993, P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Chilamate, 75m [;] 25.III.1989 [;] Col. P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3km SW of Rincon, 10m [;] Mar-April 1992, P. Hanson [;] primary forest, Malaise trap (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, top label - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] Santa Rosa Natl. Park [;] 300m, ex. Malaise trap [;] Site #: (blank) [;] Dates: 16. xi– 7.xii.1985 and 27. ix– 18.x.1986 [;] I.D. Gauld & D. Janzen; second label - [H] open regenerating [;] woodland <10 years old [;] [O] on clearing, fully [;] isolated part of day (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Limon, Central [;] R.B. Hitoy Cerere, Est. Hitoy [;] Cerere, Send. Toma de Agua, [;] 100-140m, Malaise trap [;] 11. x– 11.xi.1999, F. Umana [;] L.N. 184600-643400 #54013 (ESUW). 2 ♀♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] RF Golfo Dulce el 200m [;] 24km W Piedras Blancas [;] P. Hanson vii.1992 and x.1992 (TAMU).

Comments.

The small body, short antennae and smooth mesoscutum are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for Jabillos, Alajuela Province, where part of the type series was collected.