Galeopsomyia seminarum 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 seminarum

description: Galeopsomyia seminarum Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 15, 188, 189, 723, 958)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 723); genal carina absent; mesoscutellum (Fig. 188) with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with indistinct submedian grooves that diverge towards posterior part, and with a ±complete median groove; hind coxa with a carina along posterior part in apical one-third; petiole yellowish-brown, conical and smooth; gaster (Fig. 188) 2.8× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with a sharp transverse edge dorsally, with weak reticulation; Gt 2 0.12× as long as Gt 4; gonoplac yellowish-brown (Fig. 189).
Female holotype: length of body 2.7mm (paratypes 2.0– 2.6mm).
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head with frons golden-green, antennal scrobes black, clypeus dark brown, vertex metallic greenish-blue. Pronotum metallic greenish-blue. Mesoscutum golden-green. Mesoscutellum metallic greenish-blue with median part golden. Dorsellum metallic greenish-blue. Propodeum golden-green in anterior half, metallic greenish-blue in posterior half. Legs with coxae metallic greenish-blue; trochanters yellowish-brown; fore and mid femora with basal half dark brown, apical half yellowish-brown, hind femur metallic greenish-blue with apical one-quarter yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown to yellowish-white, T4 dark brown. Petiole yellowish-brown. Gaster with Gt 1 metallic greenish-blue with posterior margin dark brown with metallic tinges, Gt 2–4 dark brown with metallic tinges, Gt 5–7 metallic greenish-blue; gonoplac yellowish-brown.
Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation; scrobes with weak reticulation; without genal carina.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric; midlobe with ten adnotaular setae in 2–3 rows. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with indistinct submedian grooves that diverge towards posterior part, and with a ±complete median groove; anterior pair of setae placed in the middle of mesoscutellum. Dorsellum with strong reticulation. Propodeum with a strong and narrow median carina; callus with 2–3 setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation; hind coxa with a strong carina along posterior margin in lower one-third. Fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open towards base of wing; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole conical and smooth. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a sharp transverse edge dorsally; Gt 1-2 with weak reticulation and shiny, Gt 3-7 with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 25; head length, frontal view 40; POL 12; OOL 5.5; lateral ocellus diameter 4.5; head width 51; mouth width 19; malar space 15; eye length 21; scape length 18; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 48; pedicel length 9; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 7.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 7; F2 width 5.5; F3 length 6; F3 width 6; clava length 15.5; clava width 6.5; C3 length 4.5; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 71; mesosoma width 47; midlobe of mesoscutum length 26; mesoscutellum length 27; mesoscutellum width 25; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 13; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 16; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 5; dorsellum length 3; propodeum length 11; costal cell length 34; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.5; marginal vein length 35; stigmal vein length 7.5; gaster length 111; gaster width 39; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 4.5; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 39; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 13; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 14; longest cercal seta length 9; shortest cercal seta length 5.
Male. Length of body 1.6mm.
Antenna (Fig. 958) with scape widest at apex; plaque white, surrounded by a black ring and situated close to apex; dorso-basal whorls of long setae present on F1–F4 and C1. Gaster long ovate; all tergites with strong reticulation. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 20; head length, frontal view 34; head width 42; mouth width 17; malar space 13; eye length 17; scape length 15; scape width 5; plaque length 2.5; pedicel length 7; pedicel+flagellum length 60; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 8.5; F2 width 5; F3 length 9; F3 width 4.5; F4 length 8; F4 width 4.5; clava length 22; clava width 4.5; mesosoma length 55; mesosoma width 37.5; gaster length 70; gaster width 29; longest subbasal seta on F1, length 37.
Hosts. Reared from seeds of Portulacea oleracea (Portulacaceae).
Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Santo Domingo, INBio-Parque, 11-25.ii.2006, J.S. Noyes (NHMUK). Paratypes (10♀ 1♂, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK): 1♀ from same locality as holotype but collected iii.2002; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen, 9º52′N 85º03′W, 305m, 14-15.ii.2005, J.S. Noyes; 1♀ TRINIDAD, St. George, Lopinot, 10.viii.1976, J.S. Noyes; 1♀ TRINIDAD, St. George, St. Augustine, viii.1976, F.D. Bennett; 6♀ 1♂ COLOMBIA, from Portulacea oleracea seeds [no precise location or collection date given].
Etymology. From the Latin semen = seed, and the suffix - arum = from.
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 157-159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024