Pseudapanteles teofilodelatorrei Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 27-28

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles teofilodelatorrei Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 180- 185

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Guanacaste Province, Sector El Hacha, Quebrada La Leona, 255m, 11.03028, -85.54781, 3.v.2011. ACG database code: DHJPAR0048162.

Paratype.

1 ♀ (CNC). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0045346.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on metacoxa dark brown to black, ovipositor sheaths at least 1.0 × as long as metatibia, length of body and fore wing over 2.8 mm, and shape of T1 and T2.

Description.

Female. Body length 2.8-2.9 mm. Fore wing length 3.0-3.1 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black; except for orange on most of frons and face, and yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: mostly dark brown to black, with pronotum, propleura, anteromesoscutum, spot on mesopleura, and scutellar disc at least partially orange. Metasoma color (dorsally): mediotergites 1-2 orange-yellow, rest of mediotergites brown. Coxae color: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly pale, with posterior 0.1-0.2 dark. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: mostly dark, but with anterior pale spot. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 1.6-2.0 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 1.5-1.6 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 4.4-4.5 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly smoth and polished. Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.0 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 3, barcode compliant sequences: 3.

Biology/ecology.

Hosts: Undetermined Gelechiidae with interim name gelJanzen01 Janzen830.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG dry forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Dr. Teofilo de la Torre in recognition of his many years of guidance of ICE (Instituto Nacional de Electricidad), the National Electricity Institute, and his acceptance of ICE partnerships with ACG in biodiversity development.