Euplectrus ninazitaniae Hansson

Hansson, Christer, Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 485, pp. 1-236 : 68-69

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus ninazitaniae Hansson sp. n. Figures 281-284, 288-290, 774

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Cuestona, 8.ii.2004, M. Rios, ex Antapistis Poole10 eating Anthurium consobrinum , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028735, 04-SRNP-30603" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 3♀ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, INBio).

Diagnosis.

Lower face black (Fig. 282); antenna long and slender (Fig. 284), flagellum 3.3 × as long as height of eye; mandibles dark brown; dorsellum anteromedially with two large foveae (Fig. 774); legs yellowish-brown with fore and mid coxae yellowish-white (Fig. 281); petiole 1.0 × as long as wide; gaster dark brown, anterior ½ with a large yellowish-brown T-shaped spot and with base of T pointed (Fig. 283).

Description.

Female. Length of body 3.1 mm. Antenna long and slender (Fig. 284), flagellum 3.3 × as long as height of eye; scape yellowish-white with apex yellowish-brown, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellum dark brown. Mandibles dark brown, palpi yellowish-white. Head including lower face black and shiny (Fig. 282). Frons close to eyes with one row of setae (Fig. 288). Vertex smooth (Fig. 289). Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 289).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 281). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with seven setae. Scutellum 0.9 × as long as wide; with weak engraved reticulation (Fig. 290). Dorsellum anteromedially with two large foveae (Fig. 774). Propodeum smooth (Fig. 774); anteromedially with a triangular cup; propodeal callus with seven setae. Legs yellowish-brown with fore and mid coxae yellowish-white (Fig. 281). Fore wing: costal cell with two rows of setae on ventral surface, and margin with eight setae close to marginal vein; with 14 admarginal setae, in one row.

Gaster dark brown, anterior ½ with a large yellowish-brown T-shaped spot and with base of T pointed (Fig. 283).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 1.9/1.0/1.3; POL/OOL/POO = 4.4/2.7/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.0; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.2/4.4/3.2; WH/WT = 1.0; PM/ST = 1.7; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 3.6/2.2/5.8/1.6/1.4/1.0/1.8; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 1.2.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on last instar larva of Antapistis Poole10 ( Erebidae ) feeding on Anthurium consobrinum ( Araceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Nina M. Zitani, in recognition of her contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.