Galeopsomyia fernandezi Hansson & Hanson 2023, sp.nov.
Creators: name: Hansson, Christer
name: Hanson, Paul E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Galeopsomyia
Galeopsomyia fernandezi

description: Galeopsomyia fernandezi Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 390, 391, 790)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a short and compact clava (Fig. 790); genal carina absent; mesoscutellum (Fig. 390) transverse, 0.9× as long as wide, with weak reticulation on median part and with a weak median groove in posterior half, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves distinct, straight and ±parallel; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 390) with strong irregular sculpture, callus with two setae; gaster (Fig. 390) short ovate, 1.7× as long as wide, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 1.3mm.
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head with frons golden-green, clypeus dark brown; vertex metallic bluish-green. Median part of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum golden-green, lateral parts metallic bluish-green, propodeum metallic bluish-green. Legs with coxae golden-green; fore and mid trochanters dark brown, hind trochanter black; femora black; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown, T4 brown. Gaster with Gt1 golden-green, remaining tergites black with metallic tinges.
Antenna with compact clava. Frons with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth; without genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.
Mesoscutum with sidelobes and lateral parts of midlobe with strong reticulation, median part of midlobe with weak reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with a weak median groove in posterior half, with 14 scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation on median part and without median groove, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct, straight and ±parallel; with 12 setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with weak sculpture, with median carina. Propodeum with a narrow median carina; with strong irregular sculpture; callus with two setae. Fore and mid coxae with weak reticulation, hind coxa with strong reticulation. Fore wing with six setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row broken.
Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster short ovate; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 19; head length, frontal view 28; POL 9; OOL 5; lateral ocellus diameter 3; head width 38; mouth width 12; malar space 10; eye length 17.5; scape length 12; scape width 2.5; pedicel+flagellum length 32; pedicel length 5.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3; F1 length 5; F1 width 4; F2 length 4.5; F2 width 4; F3 length 4.5; F3 width 4.5; clava length 11; clava width 5; C3 length 3; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 45; mesosoma width 33; midlobe of mesoscutum length 19; mesoscutellum length 15; mesoscutellum width 17; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 6.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 6.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 6; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 4.5; dorsellum length 3; propodeum length 6; costal cell length 22; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2; marginal vein length 22; stigmal vein length 7; gaster length 52; gaster width 31; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 7.5; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 9; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 5; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 8.5; longest cercal seta length 7; shortest cercal seta length 4.5.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, San José, Desamparaditos, 9.883 2 N, 84.332 6 W, 700m, v-vii.2019, P. Hanson (NHMUK).
Etymology. Named in honour of Mauricio Fernández, professor in the School of Biology and director of the Network of Protected Areas, University of Costa Rica, specialist in diversity and ecology of solitary bees.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, pp. 1-743 in Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 3 (1) on pages 309-310, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024