Galeopsomyia altura Hansson, 2023

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 224-225

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.8372024

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D833085E-4DB3-48D3-964F-A41566442672

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11175722

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E2E8D705-3CA6-4384-9227-152E1EE74B15

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:E2E8D705-3CA6-4384-9227-152E1EE74B15

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Felipe

scientific name

Galeopsomyia altura Hansson
status

sp.nov.

Galeopsomyia altura Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 266, 267 View Figs 264–267 , 739 View Figs 733–741 )

Diagnosis (female). Antenna with distinct constriction between C1 and C2 ( Fig. 739 View Figs 733–741 ); with genal carina; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 266 View Figs 264–267 ) with submedian grooves distinct and parallel, median part with weak reticulation hence shiny, lateral parts with strong reticulation; mid coxa yellowish-brown ( Fig. 267 View Figs 264–267 ); propodeum ( Fig. 266 View Figs 264–267 ) with strong reticulation and a few irregular carinae, callus with five setae; gaster ( Fig. 266 View Figs 264–267 ) 2.2× as long as wide, tergites with strong reticulation.

Female holotype: length of body 2.1mm (paratype 2.4mm).

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Face below level of toruli golden-green, clypeus dark brown, frons metallic bluish-green, antennal scrobes black with metallic tinges. Mesoscutum with sidelobes black and midlobe metallic bluish-green, mesoscutellum and propodeum golden-green with blue tinges. Legs with fore coxa black with posterior part dark brown, mid coxa yellowish-brown, hind coxa yellowish-brown with posterior-basal half black with metallic tinges; trochanters, femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1-6 metallic bluish-green, Gt 2-5 also with dorsal part with metallic purple tinges, Gt

7 black; gonoplac black.

Antenna with a distinct constriction between C1 and C2. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation outside ocellar triangle, with wrinkled sculpture inside ocellar triangle; with a carina between posterior ocelli in posterior part. Occipital margin ±carinate.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with median groove indicated in posterior half, with eight adnotaular setae in two rows. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation on median part, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct, straight and parallel; with five setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with weak sculpture, with an indistinct median carina. Propodeum with a strong and wide median carina that expands posteriorly; with a few strong irregular carinae and strong reticulation; callus with five setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with five setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row unbroken.

Petiole transverse, with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with two short longitudinal carinae laterally; tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 22; head length, frontal view 37; POL 9.5; OOL 7; lateral ocellus diameter 4.2; head width 51; mouth width 13; malar space 12; eye length 21; scape length 20; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 58; pedicel length 7.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 8.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 9; F2 width 5; F3 length 9.5; F3 width 5; clava length 21; clava width 5.5; C3 length 7.5; spicule length 3; mesosoma length 63; mesosoma width 45; midlobe of mesoscutum length 24; mesoscutellum length 24.5; mesoscutellum width 21; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 9.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 9.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 9.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 4; dorsellum length 3; propodeum length 11; costal cell length 36; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2; marginal vein length 39; stigmal vein length 9; gaster length 89; gaster width 40; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 8; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 14.5; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 13; Gt

7 width (measured at base) 12; longest cercal seta length 15; shortest cercal seta length 6.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Estación Biológica Las Alturas , 8°57’N, 82°50’W, 1500m, 17-18.ii.2012, J.S. Noyes ( NHMUK) GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1♀ with same label data as holotype ( NHMUK) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. Name referring to collecting locality, Las Alturas.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eulophidae

Genus

Galeopsomyia

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