Euplectrus jjrodriguezae 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 : 56-57

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus jjrodriguezae Hansson sp. n. Figures 247-250, 254-256, 764

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Horizontes, La Dama, 2.ix.1994, gusaneros, ex Ozarba geta eating Dyschoriste quadrangularis , no barcode, 94-SRNP-7129" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 2♀ with same label data as holotype (INBio).

Diagnosis.

Lower face medially yellowish-brown, pale area extending slightly outside of outer lateral margin of toruli (Fig. 248); scutellum with very weak and engraved reticulation and smooth medially, hence shiny (Fig. 256); legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 247); petiole 0.9 × as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-brown with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ brown with a dark brown round spot medially (Fig. 249).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.1 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish-white, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomeres pale brown (Fig. 250). Mandibles and palpi white. Head black and shiny, lower face medially yellowish-brown, pale area extending slightly outside of outer lateral margin of toruli, parts between pale area and eyes black (Fig. 248). Frons close to eyes with one row of setae (Fig. 254). Vertex smooth outside ocellar triangle, with very weak reticulation inside ocellar triangle (Fig. 255). Occipital margin with a weak carina (Fig. 255).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 247). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with seven setae. Scutellum 1.0 × as long as wide; with very weak engraved reticulation, smooth medially, hence shiny (Fig. 256). Dorsellum with a groove in anterior part that is divided by longitudinal carinae (Fig. 764), groove medially 0.2 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum with very weak reticulation (Fig. 764); anteromedially with a semicircular cup; propodeal callus with 12 setae. Legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 247). Fore wing: costal cell with two rows of setae on ventral surface, and margin with two setae close to marginal vein; with 13 admarginal setae, in one row.

Gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-brown with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ brown with a dark brown round spot medially (Fig. 249).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 1.8/1.0/1.2; POL/OOL/POO = 5.3/2.8/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.4; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.7/4.6/3.5; WH/WT = 1.0; PM/ST = 1.6; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 3.3/1.8/6.0/1.7/1.3/1.0/1.8; LP/WP = 0.9; MM/LG = 1.1.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on last instar larva of Ozarba geta ( Noctuidae ) feeding on Dyschoriste quadrangularis ( Acanthaceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Josephine J. Rodriguez, in recognition of her contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.