Leptodrepana munjuanae Dadelahi & Shaw

Dadelahi, Samin D., Shaw, Scott R., Aguirre, Helmuth & Almeida, Luis Felipe V. de, 2018, A taxonomic study of Costa Rican Leptodrepana with the description of twenty-four new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae), ZooKeys 750, pp. 59-130 : 84

Leptodrepana munjuanae Dadelahi & Shaw sp. n. Figs 57-61

Diagnosis.

In dorsal view, the carapace apex is square-rounded; in posterior view, the carapace apex is rounded with a weakly arched transverse ridge or carina; in lateral view, the apex is mostly rounded but the carina is visible. Tri-colored antennae: the scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1-4 are yellow; the flagellomeres 4-6 are yellowish white; flagellomeres 6-17 are black. The mesoscutum medially has two wide irregular parallel-pitted grooves between the notauli. The mesopleuron is medially foveate with a wide scrobiculate groove at the precoxal sulcus. The scutellar sulcus has 3 well-defined depressions.

Holotype female.

BL 2.6 mm; FWL 2.13 mm; CL 1.16 mm; CW 0.44 mm; CL/CW 2.64.

Description.

Color. Head mostly brownish black, face medially yellow; clypeus yellow; mandibles yellow, blackish brown apically; apical margin of clypeus yellowish brown; palpi yellowish white; tri-colored antennae: scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1-4 yellow; flagellomeres 4-6 yellowish white; flagellomeres 6-17 black; mesosoma mostly yellowish orange except metapleuron and propodeum black; middle and fore leg coxae yellowish white and remainder yellow; hind leg mostly yellow except apical portions of femur, and tibia yellowish brown; wings suffused with brown pigment; basal half of carapace yellowish white, apical half of carapace blackish brown.

Head. HW 0.83 mm; HL 0.6 mm; HW/HL 1.38; face, genae, vertex and ocellar triangle rugulose-punctate; frons depressed, weakly punctate with fine parallel lineation lateral to median carina; clypeus punctate and apical margin rounded; occipital carina complete.

Mesosoma. Pronotum rugose antero-laterally to impunctate at propleural margin; propleuron weakly areolate-rugose; mesoscutum medially with two wide irregular parallel pitted grooves between notauli; notauli visible anteriorly; median and lateral mesonotal lobes rugulose-punctate; scutellar sulcus with three well-defined depressions, all longer than wide; scutellar disc punctate; mesopleuron anteriorly rugose, medially foveate, wide scrobiculate groove at precoxal sulcus, foveolate to punctate postero-ventrally; propodeum coarsely areolate-rugose with distinct transverse carina raised into small and roughly equal medial and lateral flanges.

Metasoma. Carapace completely areolate-rugose to rugulose-punctate at apex; in dorsal view, carapace apex square-rounded; in posterior view, apex of carapace rounded with weakly arched transverse ridge or carina; in lateral view, apex mostly rounded but carina visible.

Variation of paratype females. Face mostly blackish brown with yellow area reduced to clypeus and directly above fronto-clypeal suture; mesosoma mostly orangish brown; femur and tibia of hind leg not darker apically; HW 0.68-0.8 mm; HL 0.575-0.6 mm; HW/HL 1.17-1.3; BL 2.2-3.06 mm; FWL 1.8-2.53 mm; CL 1.08-1.4 mm; CW 0.28-0.4 mm; CL/CW 3.37-3.85.

Paratype males. No males.

Material examined.

Holotype female: LIMON, P. N. Tortuguera, Est. 4-esquinas, 0 m, vi–viii.1989 (Solano) [UWIM]. Paratype data: 1♀, CARTAGO, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., Tapanti, 1150, L-N-194000-559800, i.1992 (G. Mora & F. Quesada) [INBio, barcode CR1000-553528]; 1♀, same data except 1250 m, iii.1992, L-N-194000-560000, (G. Mora) [INBio, barcode CR1000-612020]; 1♀, PUNTARENAS, P. N. Corcovado, Est. Sirena, 50 m, iv–viii.1989 (no coll. listed); 2♀, same province R. F. Golfo Dulce, 3 km SW Rincon, primary forest, 10 m, ii.1993; 1♀, same province, Peninsula de Osa, Rancho Quemado, 200 m, L-S-292500-511000, v.1991 (F. Quesada) [INBio, barcode CR1001-294765]; 1♀, same data except v.1991, (J.C. Saborio) [INBio, barcode CR1000-594547]; 1♀, same province, Coto Brus, Est. Las Alturas, 1500 m, L-S-322500-591300, 23. iii– 2.v.1992, (F. Araya) [INBio, barcode CR1000-790814].

Remarks.

Leptodrepana munjuanae has unique characters that make it easy to distinguish it from other Costa Rican species. In dorsal view, the carapace apex is square-rounded (Fig. 61). In posterior view, the carapace apex is rounded with a weakly arched transverse ridge or carina. In lateral view, the apex is mostly rounded but the carina is visible. The carapace is areolate-rugose to rugulose-punctate at the apex. The mesoscutum medially has two wide irregular parallel-pitted grooves between the notauli. The mesopleuron is medially foveate with a wide scrobiculate groove at the precoxal sulcus. The scutellar sulcus has three well-defined depressions. Leptodrepana munjuanae is the only Costa Rican species described that has tri-colored antennae: the scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1-4 are yellow; the flagellomeres 4-6 are yellowish white; flagello-meres 6-17 are black.

Etymology.

This species is a patronym for Munjuan Kaur, in appreciation for her friendship.