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

description: Closterocerus altamiraensis sp.nov.   
(Figs 25–29)  
 Diagnosis. Antenna flattened with long and erect setae, scape widest at apex (Fig. 26); frons with upper border distinct; vertex ±flat (Fig. 29); pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin (Figs 25, 27); mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with different colours (Figs 25, 27); midlobe of mesoscutum with one pair of setae, attached in posterior part (Figs 25, 27); notauli strongly curved (Figs 25, 27); fore wing hyaline with areas along apical margin, below stigmal vein and below base of marginal vein infuscate (Figs 25–28); hind tarsus white (Figs 26, 28); length of body female 0.9–1.1mm, male 0.8–1.0mm.   
Female holotype: length of body 1.0mm.  
 Antenna dark brown. Frons golden-green. Vertex metallic purple in anterior one-half and metallic bluish-purple in posterior one-half. Mesoscutum with sidelobes metallic purple and midlobe metallic bluish-purple. Mesoscutellum black with golden tinges and with lateral and posterior margins metallic bluish-purple. Dorsellum metallic purple. Propodeum dark brown with metallic tinges. Legs with coxae, femora and hind tibia dark brown, fore and mid tibiae white; tarsi white. Fore wing hyaline with areas along apical margin, below stigmal vein and below base of marginal vein infuscate; hind wing hyaline. Petiole dark brown. Gaster with Gt 1-2 metallic purple, Gt 6 metallic blue, remaining tergites dark brown with metallic purple tinges.   
Antenna flattened, scape widest at apex. Frons and vertex with strong reticulation. Frontofacial suture V-shaped; frons with upper border distinct. Subtorular sutures present. Occipital margin rounded.  
Pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin. Mesoscutum with strong reticulation; notauli strongly curved and ±complete; midlobe with one pair of weak setae in posterior part. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation. Dorsellum convex and ±smooth. Propodeum smooth, without median carina; callus with two setae. Fore wing speculum closed; with a stigmal hairline and with radial cell bare.  
 Petiole very short, just a transverse strip. Gaster ovate; Gt 1-2 smooth, remaining tergite with weak reticulation.   
Relative measurements: head length dorsal 15; head length frontal 16; head width 29; POL 4.5; OOL 2.5; lateral ocellus maximum width 2.5; eye length 15.5; malar space 4; mouth width 7; mesosoma length 33; mesosoma width 25; mesoscutellum length 13; mesoscutellum width 15; fore wing length 58; fore wing width 35.5; marginal vein length 28; postmarginal vein length 1.5; stigmal vein length 6; fore wing marginal fringe length 5.5; gaster length 32; gaster width 23.  
Variation in paratype material. Length of body: 0.9–1.1mm. Mesoscutum with midlobe metallic bluish-purple to purple.  
Male (Figs 27, 28). Length of body: 0.8–1.0mm. Vertex with anterior one-half metallic bluish-purple, posterior one-half metallic bluish-green. Midlobe of mesoscutum golden-green. Mesoscutellum golden-red. Otherwise as in female.  
 Hosts. Unknown.   
 Distribution. Costa Rica.   
 Material examined.   
Type material. Holotype ♀ “ COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, Estación Altamira, Send. Los Gigantes, 1450m, 9º02’N, 83º00’W, 7.ii-5.iii.2002, YPT, C. Hansson & Parataxonomos” (MZLU). Paratypes (18♀ 12♂, CNC, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK): 13♀ 9♂ with same collecting data as holotype; 1♀ ” COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, Monteverde, St Luis Valley, 17.viii.1986, L. Masner, CR-03”; 1♀ ” COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, P.N. Carara, Sendero Universal, 0-100m, LN195703/470200, 12.ix.2004, J.A. Azofeifa ”; 2♀ “ COSTA RICA: Cartago, Humo, El Copal, 9°47’N, 83°45’W, 1050-1250m, 29.ii-6.iii.2008, C. Hansson ”; 2♂ “ COSTA RICA: Heredia, E.B. La Selva, 75m, 10º26’N, 84º01’W, 23.ii.2006, J.S. Noyes ”; 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected 22-24. ii.2012; 1♂ “ COSTA RICA: Limón, R.B. Hitoy-Cerere, 100m, 9˚40’N, 83˚02’W, 20-22.ii.2006, J.S. Noyes ”.  
 Etymology. Named after type locality and the Latin suffix - ensis = place, locality.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer, 2022, Eulophidae Of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 4 The Genus Closterocerus Westwood S. Str., pp. 1-137 in Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 1 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6464279