Galeopsomyia caribeae Hansson, 2023

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 : 82-83

Galeopsomyia caribeae Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 74, 75 , 1003)

Diagnosis (female). Antenna short, pedicel+flagellum 0.8× as long as width of mesoscutum, clava solid (Fig. 1003); genal carina present; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 74 ) with strong reticulation, meshes very elongate, submedian grooves indistinct, running close to and parallel with lateral margins of mesoscutellum; hind coxa without carina along posterior margin; gaster ( Fig. 74 ) 2.0× as long as wide, Gt 2 0.3× as long as Gt 4, medio-basal Gt 1 with a transverse edge dorsally, Gt 1 with weak reticulation and more shiny than remaining tergites.

Female holotype: length of body 1.5mm (paratypes 1.4–1.8mm).

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum brown. Head black with golden-green tinges, clypeus dark brown. Thoracic dorsum golden-green. Legs with fore and hind coxae golden-green, mid coxa black with metallic tinges; trochanters dark yellowish-brown; femora dark brown to black with metallic tinges; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1,5,6 metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites black with bluish-purple tinges; gonoplac black.

Antenna with solid clava. Face below level of toruli with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons with strong reticulation, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe without a median groove, with six scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes very elongate; submedian grooves indistinct, running close to and parallel with lateral margins of mesoscutellum. Dorsellum with strong sculpture. Propodeum with a triangular median carina; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row unbroken.

Petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster ovate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a transverse edge dorsally, Gt 1 with weak reticulation, partly smooth, remaining tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 19; head length, frontal view 32; POL 9.5; OOL 4.5; lateral ocellus diameter 3; head width 37; mouth width nm; malar space 9.5; eye length 18; scape length 12; scape width 3.5; pedicel+flagellum length 28.5; pedicel length 6; pedicel width, dorsal view 3.2; F1 length 4; F1 width 3; F2 length 3.5; F2 width 3.5; F3 length 3.5; F3 width 3.5; clava length 9.5; clava width 4; C3 length 4; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 46; mesosoma width 34; midlobe of mesoscutum length 17; mesoscutellum length 18; mesoscutellum width 19; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 10.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 8; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 13; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 3; dorsellum length 1; propodeum length 6; costal cell length 24; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2; marginal vein length 21; stigmal vein length 7.5; gaster length 62; gaster width 31; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 5; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 19; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 4; Gt

7 width (measured at base) 11; longest cercal seta length 8; shortest cercal seta length 4.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. The West Indies ( Trinidad & Tobago).

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ TRINIDAD, St. George , St. Augustine, 21.vi.1976, from wasteground, J.S. Noyes ( NHMUK) . Paratypes (14♀, MZLU, NHMUK): 1♀ with same label data as holotype ; 2♀ TRINIDAD, St. George, Aripo Valley , 27.vii.1976, from rainforest, J.S. Noyes ; 9♀ TRINIDAD, St. George, Lopinot , 10.viii.1976, from cocoa plantation and rainforest, J.S. Noyes ; 2♀ TOBAGO: St. Paul, Parlatuvier Valley , 20.viii.1976, from edge of rainforest, J.S. Noyes .

Etymology. Named after type area, the Caribbean.

Figures

Figs 72–75. Galeopsomyia candica, holotype ♀ – (72) habitus dorsal view; (73) habitus lateral view. Galeopsomyia caribeae, holotype ♀ – (74) habitus dorsal view; (75) habitus lateral view.