Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 60A-E , 61A-F , 62A-E , 63A-E

Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female, CNC; Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 27°11'0"S, 52°23'0"W, 300-500 m; 9.II.1962; coll. Fritz Plaumann; Voucher code: CNC704362.

Paratypes. Brazil • 3 females, CNC. Voucher codes: CNC704361, CNC704363, CNC704366; COLOMBIA • 1 female, CNC. Voucher code: CNCHYM 00034.

Distribution.

Brazil, Colombia.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

No BIN but one partial sequence (442 bp) from Colombia (see further details about problems with the closest BIN associated with this species under the treatment of Alphomelon melanoscelis ).

Etymology.

Named after Alphomelon melanoscelis , a species it resembles. In fact, some specimens of A. paramelanoscelis were considered as part of A. melanoscelis by previous authors ( Deans et al. 2003).

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly dark brown to black but with some laterotergites and sternites yellow. Tarsal claws spines: 3 or 4. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: shorter than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.1-4.7 mm. Fore wing length: 4.0-4.7 mm.

Notes.

The paratype from southern Colombia (Leticia) shares all characteristics with the Brazilian specimens except that metatibia is dark brown on posterior 0.5 and its is smaller (body size 4.1 mm and fore wing length 4.0 mm).

Figures

Figure 60. Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori female CNC 704366 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 61. Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female CNC 704362 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum, dorsal E head and mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 62. Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female CNC 704363 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorso-lateral E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 63. Alphomelon paramelanoscelis Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female CNCHYM 00034 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorso-lateral E mesosoma, dorsal.