Cercobelus isara Noyes & Hanson, 1996

Noyes, John Stuart, 2023, ENCYRTIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 4 Subfamily Encyrtinae: tribes Arrhenophagini, Habrolepidini, Cerapterocerini, Cheiloneurini, Trechnitini, Cercobelini, Polaszekiini, Protyndarichoidini, Gahaniellini and Syrphophagini (part), mainly primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Coccoidea and Psylloidea (Hemiptera), Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 2 (11), pp. 1-921 : 614-615

Cercobelus isara Noyes & Hanson

(Figs 1647-1656; Hab. E 246)

Cercobelus isara Noyes & Hanson, 1996:108-109 . Holotype E, Costa Rica, NHMUK, examined. DIAGNOSIS. Female (length about 1.1-1.4mm): scape (Figs 1655, 1656) dark brown; scutellum black mainly with a coppery purple sheen; all coxae dark brown; legs mostly dark brown with mid femur white at base and mid tarsus largely white to pale yellow; hind tibia dark brown without a white basal area; fore wing (Figs 1650, 1651) weakly infuscate below marginal and stigmal veins, otherwise more or less hyaline; mandible with one small acute tooth and a broad, straight, truncation with a serrate margin; scrobes shallow, but distinct and meeting dorsally; antenna (Figs 1655, 1656) with scape about 3.7X as long as broad; pedicel about 1.5X as long as broad; funicle without linear sensilla on F1; F1 smaller than F2, all funicle segments quadrate or transverse; clava about as long as funicle; mesoscutum at least 3X as long as pronotum medially in dorsal view (Fig. 1654); marginal vein (Fig. 1651) about 1.5X as long as broad and touching anterior wing margin; hind wing nearly 4X as long as broad; propodeum (Fig. 1654) about one-fifth as long as scutellum and virtually smooth medially, spiracle about its own diameter from anterior margin; gaster slightly shorter than thorax; apex of syntergum smooth; hypopygium (Figs 1648, 1649) not longitudinally divided with very short anterior apodemes; ovipositor Fig. 1653). Male (length about 1.4-1.9mm): fore wing completely hyaline; hind tibia brown without a white, basal band; antenna (Fig. 1652) with all funicle segments longer than broad and clothed in setae that are about 2X as long as diameter of segments, otherwise similar to female; costal cell of fore wing with a single line of setae ventrally; genitalia Fig. 1647.

DISTRIBUTION. Costa Rica.

HOSTS. Unknown.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

Type material. Holotype E: COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito , Est. Las Alturas, 1500m, i.1992 (P. Hanson) . Paratypes: COSTA RICA, 1G, Guanacaste, Volcán Cacao, Cerro Pedregal, 1000 m, ii-iv.1989 (I.D. Gauld); 2E , San José, Zurqui de Moravia , 1600m, iii.1992 and v.1994 (P. Hanson);1G , same data as holotype but xi.1991 (P. Hanson, C. Godoy); 1G, same data as holotype . Holotype in NHMUK, paratypes in INBio and NHMUK .

Non type material. COSTA RICA, 3E, San José, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600m, vi-vii.1994, iv.1995 and viii.1995 (P. Hanson); 1E, Cartago, Genesis II, 4km NE Cañon, 2350m, ii.1995 (P. Hanson); 1E, Cartago , PN Tapanti, 1200-1500m, 9°45’N 83°47’W, 20.iii-10.iv.2000 (C. Hansson, D. Rubí ). Material in MZUCR and NHMUK .

COMMENTS. See comments under adrastea (p. 613).