Galeopsomyia ocoteae 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 ocoteae

description: Galeopsomyia ocoteae Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 548, 549, 1086)
Diagnosis (female). Antennal clava with a weak constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 1086); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 548) with weak reticulation on median part and without a median groove, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves distinct but with outer margin indistinct in anterior one-third, curved and diverging towards both anterior and posterior parts; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 548) medially with strong irregular carinae, laterally with strong reticulation, callus with two setae; petiole very short, just a narrow band; gaster (Fig. 548) 2.5× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with longitudinal carinae laterally, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 2.6mm.
Scape yellowish-brown with apico-dorsal part brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Face below level of toruli golden-green, clypeus dark brown, frons metallic bluish-green, antennal scrobes black. Thoracic dorsum metallic bluish-green. Legs with fore coxa dark brown with very base metallic, mid coxa dark brown, hind coxae dark brown with bluish-green tinges; trochanters yellowish-brown; femora dark brown with apical one-third yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 pale brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1 metallic bluish-green with posterior margin golden-purple, Gt 2-4 golden-purple, Gt5-6 metallic bluish-green, Gt
7 black; gonoplac black.
Antenna with weak constriction between C1 and C2. Face below level of toruli with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with weak reticulation outside ocellar triangle, with wrinkled sculpture inside ocellar triangle; with a carina between posterior ocelli.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe, midlobe rugose close to notauli; midlobe with a complete median groove, with 19 scattered setae on rugose parts. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation on median part and without a median groove, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct but with outer margin indistinct in anterior one-third, curved and diverging towards both anterior and posterior parts; with 19 setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, with median carina. Propodeum medially with strong irregular carinae, laterally with strong reticulation; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with 5&6 setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open at apex; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with longitudinal carinae laterally; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 25; head length, frontal view 42; POL 11.5; OOL 6.5; lateral ocellus diameter 5; head width 56; mouth width 21; malar space 15; eye length 26.5; scape length 20; scape width 5; pedicel+flagellum length 58; pedicel length 7; pedicel width, dorsal view 4.5; F1 length 9.5; F1 width 5.5; F2 length 10; F2 width 6; F3 length 8.5; F3 width 6; clava length 18; clava width 6; C3 length 5.5; spicule length 1.5; mesosoma length 77; mesosoma width 56; midlobe of mesoscutum length 34; mesoscutellum length 29; mesoscutellum width 25; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 9.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part10.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 12.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 5.5; dorsellum length 4; propodeum length 10; costal cell length 40; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3.5; marginal vein length 37; stigmal vein length 12.5; gaster length 108; gaster width 44; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 8; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 15.5; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 18; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 16; longest cercal seta length 14; shortest cercal seta length 7.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Reared from galls induced by an unidentified Cecidomyiidae on Ocotea tenera (Lauraceae). The galls are induced in male flowers on male trees and resemble the fruits produced on female trees.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Monteverde vicinity, 1200–1500m, iii.1997, from Ocotea male flower, N. Wheelsprite (NHMUK).
Etymology. Named after the host plant from which this species was reared.
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 419-421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024