Closterocerus pulcher (Howard)

Hansson, Christer, 2022, Eulophidae Of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 4 The Genus Closterocerus Westwood S. Str., Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 1 (1), pp. 1-137 : 70

Closterocerus pulcher (Howard)

( Figs 145, 146 )

Entedon pulcher Howard, 1897:168 . Holotype female, type locality: West Indies , Grenada, NH M UK, examined.

Closterocerus pulcher (Howard) ; Ashmead (1900:263).

Entedon pulcher Howard ; De Santis (1979:270).

Closterocerus pulcher (Howard) ; LaSalle & Schauff (1992:9).

Diagnosis. Antenna with F1–3 flattened and dark brown, F4–5 less flattened and pale brown, scape completely dark brown and widest medially ( Fig. 146 ); pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin ( Fig. 145 ); midlobe of mesoscutum with three pairs of setae and strong reticulation, sidelobes metallic bluish-purple and midlobe golden-green ( Fig. 145 ); mesoscutellum golden-green with strong reticulation ( Fig. 145 ); fore wing hyaline with two infuscate parts: along apical margin and below stigmal vein ( Fig. 145 ); hind tarsus whitish with T4 slightly darker ( Fig. 145 ).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Grenada ( Howard 1897).

Material examined. Type material. Holotype ♀ of E. pulcher (B.M.Type Hym. No. 5.3575).

Figures

Figs 143–146. Closterocerus spp. C. porphyriops, holotype ♀ – (143) habitus dorsal view; (144) habitus lateral view. C. pulcher, holotype ♀ – (145) habitus dorsal view; (146) antenna lateral view. The images of C. pulcher (type no. 5.3575) are ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, and made available to you under Creative Commons License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).