Diglyphomorphomyia parva Hansson 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Hansson, Christer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Diglyphomorphomyia
Diglyphomorphomyia parva

description: Diglyphomorphomyia parva sp. nov.
Figs 11, 12, 29
Diagnosis. Head dark brown to black, antennal flagellum yellowish-brown (Figs 11, 12); mesoscutum, axillae, dorsellum and propodeum yellowish-brown (Fig. 12), mesoscutellum yellowish-brown to dark brown; legs with coxae and trochanters whitish, remaining parts of legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 11), fore wing hyaline (Fig. 11); pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin (Fig. 12); midlobe of mesoscutum with three pairs of setae, middle pair short and weak (Fig. 12); mesoscutellum with sublateral grooves slightly sinuate in lateral part, joining in posterior part (Fig. 12).
Description (female holotype). Length 1.2mm. Frons and vertex with very weak reticulation. Pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with weak reticulation; midlobe of mesoscutum with three pairs of setae, middle pair short and weak; mesoscutellum with sublateral grooves joining in posterior part. Dorsellum and propodeum smooth, without reticulation; propodeal callus with five setae. Fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; with nine admarginal setae; costal cell with a row of eight setae on ventral surface, apico-dorsal margin with four setae. Gaster short ovate.
Colour. Head dark brown to black. Antennae yellowish-brown. Mesoscutum, axillae, dorsellum and propodeum dark yellowish-brown, mesoscutellum dark brown. Legs with coxae and trochanters whitish, remaining parts of legs yellowish-brown. Wings hyaline. Petiole yellowish-brown. Gaster with Gt 1 yellowish-brown with darker sides, Gt 2–7 and gonoplac dark brown.
Relative measurements. Head: length in dorsal view 15; length in frontal view 24; width 31; POL 7; OOL 3.5; mouth width 10; malar space 6.5; eye height 16; lateral ocellus maximum width 2.5; scape length 14; scape width 3; pedicel length 5.5; pedicel width in dorsal view 2.5; pedicel+flagellum length 35; F1 length 4.5; F2 length 4.5; F3 length 5; F4 length 5; antennal clava length 9; F1 width 2.6; F2 width 3; F3 width 3; F4 width 3; antennal clava width 4. Mesosoma: length 38; width 35; midlobe of mesoscutum length 13; mesoscutellum length 14; mesoscutellum width 13; dorsellum length 2; propodeum length 7; mid tarsus length 18; mid tarsus T4 length 3.5; hind tarsus length 18; hind tarsus T4 length 3.5; fore wing length 53; fore wing width 30; costal cell length 19; costal cell width 1.2; marginal vein length 19; postmarginal vein length 10; stigmal vein length 7. Gaster: length 42; width 30; Gt 1 length 18; Gt
7 length 2; Gt
7 width 8.
Variation in paratypes. Length 0.9–1.4mm. Mesoscutellum yellowish-brown to dark brown. Propodeal callus with 5–7 setae. Costal cell with 2–4 setae on apico-dorsal margin. Otherwise as in holotype.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Etymology. From the Latin parva = small, referring to the small size of specimens of this species.
Material. Holotype female: COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, 2–24.iv.1987, D.H. Janzen & I.D. Gauld (NHMUK). Paratypes (25♀, CNC, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK): following from same locality as holotype but collected 26.x–16.xi.1985 (4♀), 7–28.xii.1985 (1♀), 18.i–8.ii.1986 (1♀), 24.v–14.vi.1986 (1♀), 5–26.vii.1986 (1♀), 14.viii–6.ix.1986 (1♀), 6–27.ix.1986 (1♀), 27.ix–18.x.1986 (2♀), 18.x–8.xi.1986 (2♀), 21.ii–14.iii.1987 (3♀), 14.iii–4.iv.1987 (1♀), 24.iv.1987 (1♀), 25.iv–16.v.1987 (3♀); 1♀ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva, 75 m, 10º26’N, 84º01’W, 14.ix.1995; 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected ii.1996; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Limón, Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere, Estación, LN 184250_ 641800, 300m, 17.vi–17.vii.1999, F. Umaña.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer, 2022, Diglyphomorphomyia Girault (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) new to the Neotropical region including nine new species, pp. 321-340 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on pages 330-332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6592888