Euplectrus ronaldzunigai 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 : 76-77

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus ronaldzunigai Hansson sp. n. Figures 315-318, 322-324, 781

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 15.vii.2005, C. Moraga, ex Antiblemma Poole03 eating Miconia impetiolaris , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028824, 05-SRNP-32613" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 7♀: COSTA RICA (ACG): Guanacaste: Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa: 2♀ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, INBio); following from same host as holotype but collected 25.vii.2005, sibling of wasp DHJPAR0045454, 11-SRNP-32077 (1♀, INBio) and DHJPAR0045455, 11-SRNP-32079 (1♀, CNC), 25.vii.2011, DHJPAR0045455, 11-SRNP-32079 (3♀, BMNH, MZLU, USNM).

Diagnosis.

Lower face black with median part dark reddish-brown, pale area reaching to level of middle of toruli (Fig. 316); dorsellum without a groove or foveae along anterior margin (Fig. 781); legs yellowish-white with hind coxa and apical ¾ of hind femur yellowish-brown (Fig. 315); petiole 1.2 × as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 317).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.0 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish-white, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomeres 1-3 pale brown, 4-6 dark brown (Fig. 318). Mandibles yellowish-white, palpi white. Head black and shiny, lower face medially dark reddish-brown, pale area reaching to level of middle of toruli (Fig. 316). Frons close to eyes with one row of setae (Fig. 322). Vertex smooth (Fig. 323). Occipital margin with a carina behind ocellar triangle (Fig. 323).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 315). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with 11 setae. Scutellum 0.9 × as long as wide; with very weak engraved reticulation (Fig. 324). Dorsellum without a groove or foveae along anterior margin (Fig. 781). Propodeum with very weak reticulation (Fig. 781); anteromedially with a very short and wide semicircular cup; propodeal callus with eight setae. Legs yellowish-white with hind coxa and apical ¾ of hind femur yellowish-brown (Fig. 315). Fore wing: submarginal vein with four setae; costal cell with one row of setae on ventral surface, and margin with five setae close to marginal vein; with 14 admarginal setae in one row.

Gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 317).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.1/1.0/1.1; POL/OOL/POO = 4.7/2.8/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.6; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.7/4.8/3.7; WH/WT = 1.1; PM/ST = 1.7; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 3.8/2.4/6.4/1.8/1.4/1.0/1.9; LP/WP = 1.2; MM/LG = 1.0.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on last instar larva of Antiblemma Poole03 ( Erebidae ) feeding on Miconia impetiolaris ( Melastomataceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to leaf substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Ronald Zuñiga, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.