Diolcogaster miamensis Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2018, Ten unique and charismatic new species of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from North America, ZooKeys 730, pp. 121-148 : 124-127

Diolcogaster miamensis Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 2

Holotype.

Female, CNC, UNITED STATES. Holotype locality: Hammock forest on Chekika State Park Recreation Area, SW of Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA.

Holotype labels.

First label: FLA: Dade Co; Chekika St./Rec. Area, 50 km SW Miami/1. v– 2.viii.1985, S&J Peck/Grossman Hammock For./malaise-FIT. Second label: CNC735735.

Paratypes.

1 ♂ (CNC) from Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida, USA. Voucher code: CNC489838. Collecting dates: 18-22.iii.1987.

Diagnosis.

See Diolcogaster ichiroi above for details on how these two species are distinct from each other and from all other known Diolcogaster in North America.

Description.

Female. Body coloration varied: head yellow frontally, orange in the back, antenna flagellomeres mostly yellow, but with tip brown; meso- and metasoma mostly black, with some small areas light brown; legs mostly yellow-white, with most of metafemur and posterior 0.5 of metatibia brown, and metatarsus yellow-brown. Wings mostly hyaline, with slightly infumate spot below pterostigma, most veins brown and pterostigma brown. Body mostly coarsely sculptured. Scutoscutellar sulcus with 8 costulae. Hind wing with vannal lobe straight to slightly concave and centrally without setae. Tarsal claws simple. T1-3 forming a carapace that covers rest of metasoma. Ovipositor sheaths relatively short, with long setae (but all of same thickness). Body measurements (mm). Body L: 2.2; fore wing L: 2.2; ovipositor sheaths L (approximate measurement): 0.15; metafemur L/W: 0.68/0.22; metatibia L: 0.87; metati bia inner/outer spurs L: 0.27/0.20; first segment of metatarsus L: 0.41; F2/3/14/15/16: 0.23/0.21/0.12/0.11/0.14; ocular–ocellar line: 0.09; interocellar distance: 0.08; posterior ocellus diameter: 0.07.

Male. As female.

Distribution.

United States: FL. Only known from two localities in south Florida.

Etymology.

Named after the Miami metropolitan area (also known as Greater Miami or South Florida), where the holotype locality is found, to highlight the great natural values of the area and to bring further attention to the conservation and appreciation of nature in south Florida.

Notes.

See Notes above (under Diolcogaster ichiroi ) for more details on the conservation value of these species. Both specimens of D. miamensis were collected with Malaise traps.