Alphomelon luciarosae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon luciarosae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 45A-G , 98B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Brasilia, Piedrona, 11°0'58.32"N, 85°21'32.40"W, 340m; 4.XII.2012; ex: Ebusus ebusus ; coll. Duvalier Briceño; Voucher code: DHJPAR0051292; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-65952.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Ebusus ebusus .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ACJ4259.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Lucía Rosa in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: faintly indicated by shallow depression. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: shorter than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.8 mm. Fore wing length: 3.8 mm.

Figures

Figure 45. Alphomelon luciarosae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0051292 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, lateral D wings E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal G ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 98. Parasite cocoons and caterpillars A Alphomelon keineraragoni 15 - SRNP- 71451 - DHJ 727801 B Alphomelon luciarosae 12 - SRNP- 65952 - DHJ 487984.