Galeopsomyia hiata 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 hiata

description: Galeopsomyia hiata Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 420, 421, 802, 922)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 802); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 922) transverse, 0.9× as long as wide, with submedian grooves diverging strongly towards posterior part, median part with very weak reticulation, lateral parts with strong reticulation; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 420) with strong reticulation, callus with six setae; petiole very short, just a narrow band; gaster (Fig. 420) 2.0× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt1 with short longitudinal carinae, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 1.6mm.
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum dark brown. Head with frons black with metallic bluish tinges, antennal scrobes black and clypeus yellowish-brown; vertex black with metallic bluish tinges. Mesosoma black with metallic greenish-blue tinges. Legs with fore and mid coxae dark brown, hind coxa black; trochanters pale brown; femora pale brown with apex yellowish-brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-white to white. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt1 dark brown with metallic bluish tinges, Gt2-6 dark brown with metallic tinges, Gt7 black; gonoplac black.
Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with transverse elongate sculpture.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation and isodiametric meshes; midlobe with ten scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation on median part, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct, straight and strongly diverging towards posterior part; with nine setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, with median carina. Propodeum with a narrow median carina that expands anteriorly and posteriorly; with strong reticulation; callus with six setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt1 with short longitudinal carinae; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 16.5; head length, frontal view 25; POL 8; OOL 4; lateral ocellus diameter 3; head width 37; mouth width 11; malar space 9.5; eye length 16; scape length 13.5; scape width 3; pedicel+flagellum length 40; pedicel length 5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 3; F2 length 6; F2 width 3; F3 length 6; F3 width 3; clava length 13.5; clava width 3.5; C3 length 4.5; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 44; mesosoma width 33; midlobe of mesoscutum length 16; mesoscutellum length 16; mesoscutellum width 17; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 4.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part3.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 6.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 5; dorsellum length 2; propodeum length 7.5; costal cell length 22; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 1.5; marginal vein length 20; stigmal vein length 7; gaster length 61; gaster width 31; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 8; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 10; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 7; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 11; longest cercal seta length 12; shortest cercal seta length 4.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva, 10º26’N, 84º01’W, 75m, 22-24. ii.2012, J.S. Noyes (NHMUK).
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 330-331, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024