Euplectrus andydeansi 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 : 24-25

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus andydeansi Hansson sp. n. Figures 87-93, 98-100, 737

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Ingas, 28.xi.2011, F. Quesada, ex Eustrotia Poole04 feeding on Scleria melaleuca , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0046907, 11-SRNP-33575" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 4♀ 1♂ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, INBio).

Diagnosis.

Lower face completely black (Fig. 88, 89); legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 87); petiole 1.0 × as long as wide; gaster in female dark brown with a narrow yellowish-brown longitudinal stripe in anteromedian ½ (Fig. 90), in male with anterior ½ white with dark brown lateral margins and posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 91); male antenna with scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle and with apex narrow, 3.1 × as long as wide, sensory area brown (Fig. 93).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.0 mm. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomeres dark brown (Fig. 92). Mandibles and palpi white. Head including lower face black and shiny (Fig. 88). Frons close to eyes with two rows of setae (Fig. 98). Vertex smooth (Fig. 99). Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 99).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 87). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with nine setae. Scutellum 1.0 × as long as wide; with very weak engraved reticulation, posterior margin smooth (Fig. 100). Dorsellum anteriorly with a groove that is divided by longitudinal carinae (Fig. 737), groove medially 0.4 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum with very weak reticulation (Fig. 737); anteromedially with a triangular cup; propodeal callus with seven setae. Legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 87). Fore wing: costal cell with one row of setae on ventral surface, and margin with four setae close to marginal vein; with 13 admarginal setae, in one row.

Gaster dark brown with a narrow yellowish-brown longitudinal stripe in anteromedian ½ (Fig. 90).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.2/1.0/1.3; POL/OOL/POO = 3.3/2.2/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.5; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.6/4.6/3.1; WH/WT = 1.1; PM/ST = 1.5; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 4.0/2.8/7.3/2.6/1.6/1.0/2.0; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 1.1.

Male. Length of body 1.5 mm. Scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle and with apex narrow (Fig. 93), sensory pores confined to ventral margin and with sensory area brown. Otherwise similar to female except gaster with anterior ½ white with dark brown lateral margins (Fig. 91), and shorter.

Ratios. LC/WS = 3.1; MM/LG = 1.2.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on third instar larva of Eustrotia Poole04 ( Noctuidae ) feeding on Scleria melaleuca ( Cyperaceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Andy R. Deans, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.