Galeopsomyia ramyamanjunathae 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 ramyamanjunathae

description: Galeopsomyia ramyamanjunathae Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 180, 181, 718)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 718); genal carina absent; mesoscutellum (Fig. 180) with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with indistinct submedian grooves that diverge towards posterior part, and with a weak median groove in anterior two-thirds; hind coxa with a carina along posterior part in lower one-third; petiole black, conical and smooth; gaster (Fig. 180) 2.9× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with a sharp edge dorsally, with weak reticulation; Gt 2 0.12× as long as Gt 4; gonoplac black with apex pale brown (Fig. 181).
Female holotype: length of body 2.5mm.
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum dark brown. Head with frons golden-green, antennal scrobes black, clypeus dark brown, vertex metallic bluish-purple. Thoracic dorsum golden-green. Legs with fore and mid coxae black with metallic green tinges, hind coxa metallic greenish-blue; trochanters pale brown; femora black with apex yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 dark brown. Petiole black. Gaster black with metallic tinges; gonoplac black with apex pale brown.
Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation; scrobes with weak reticulation; without genal carina.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric; midlobe with seven adnotaular setae in one row. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with indistinct submedian grooves that diverge towards posterior part, and with a weak median groove in anterior two-thirds; setae on mesoscutellum broken off. Dorsellum with strong reticulation. Propodeum with a strong and narrow median carina that gradually widens towards posterior part; callus with three setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation; hind coxa with a strong carina along posterior margin in apical one-third. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; setae on membrane in basal part mainly broken off.
Petiole conical and smooth. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a sharp edge dorsally; Gt 1-2 with weak reticulation and shiny, Gt 3-7 with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 27; head length, frontal view 41; POL 11; OOL 6.5; lateral ocellus diameter 4.5; head width 52; mouth width 20; malar space 15; eye length 22; scape length 18; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 50; pedicel length 9; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 8; F1 width 4.5; F2 length 7; F2 width 5; F3 length 7; F3 width 5; clava length 16; clava width 6; C3 length 5; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 75; mesosoma width 48; midlobe of mesoscutum length 27; mesoscutellum length 28; mesoscutellum width 27; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) na; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part na; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part na; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) na; dorsellum length 4; propodeum length 11; costal cell length 34; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.5; marginal vein length 34; stigmal vein length 8; gaster length 116; gaster width 40; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 5; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 43; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 11; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 15; longest cercal seta length 13; shortest cercal seta length 6.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion, Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Pailas Dos PL 12-9, 10º75’N, 85º33’W, 809m, 27.ix-4.x.2018, D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs (Barcoded specimen, BIOUG59322-F05) (MZLU).
Etymology. Named in honour of Ramya Manjunath in recognition of her years of dedicated management of Costa Rica’s data at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Ontario, Canada.
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 152-153, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024