Glyptapanteles thomaspapei Arias-Penna, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina
name: Whitfield, James B.
name: Janzen, Daniel H.
name: Winifred Hallwachs,
name: Dyer, Lee A.
name: Smith, M. Alex
name: Hebert, Paul D. N.
name: Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Glyptapanteles
Glyptapanteles thomaspapei

description: Glyptapanteles thomaspapei Arias-Penna, sp. nov.Fig. 216 Female. Body length 2.48 mm [with only three first metasomal segments, remaining missing], antenna length 3.68 mm, fore wing length 3.58 mm. Type material. <b>Holotype</b>: ECUADOR • 1♀; EC-38570, YY-A186; Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Sendero Culo del Mundo, Plot 430; cloud forest; 2,414 m; - 0.590833, -77.896389; 07.v.2009; Mattias Lanas leg.; caterpillar collected in third instar; cocoon formed on 09.v.2009; adult parasitoid emerged on 30.v.2009; [metasoma with only three terga present]; (PUCE). Diagnosis. Inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets (Fig. 216B), medioanterior pit of metanotum circular with a short proximal carina (Fig. 216G), mesoscutum punctation proximally distinct, but distally absent/dispersed (Fig. 216F), phragma of the scutellum widely visible (Fig. 216G), petiole on T1virtually parallel-sided over most of length but narrowing over distal 1/3 and finely sculptured (Fig. 216H), propodeum without a median longitudinal dent (Fig. 216G), lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 distally losing definition on T2 (Fig. 216H), and fore wing with r vein straight, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins forming a stub (Fig. 216K). Coloration (Fig. 216 A–L). General body coloration polished satin black except yellow-brown scape; pedicel distally brown; first three-four proximal antennal flagellomeres dorsally lighter (light brown) than ventrally (dark brown), remaining flagellomeres dark brown on both sides; labrum and mandible yellow-brown; glossa and tegulae dark yellow; maxillary and labial palps light yellow. Eyes and ocelli silver. Fore and middle legs dark yellow, except brown-red/black coxae, and brown claws; hind legs dark yellow except black coxae, femora distally brown, distal half of tibiae and tarsomeres brown, although basitarsus proximally with a yellow band. Petiole on T1 brown, contours darkened and sublateral areas yellow; T2 with median and adjacent areas brown and both areas forming a rectangle-shaped area, adjacent area with contours well-defined, and lateral ends yellow-brown; T3 brown and proximal half of lateral ends yellow; T4 and beyond missing. In lateral view, T1-3 yellow; remaining terga missing. S1-2 yellow; S3 yellow, but medially with a spot brown; remaining sterna missing. Description. <b>Head</b> (Fig. 216 A–D). Head rounded with pubescence long and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.27:0.07, 0.29:0.07, 0.28:0.07), distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate (0.15:0.06, 0.13:0.06), antennal scrobes-frons sloped and forming a shelf. Face flat or nearly so, punctations barely noticeable, interspaces smooth and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple narrow, punctate-lacunose and interspaces wavy. Inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets; in lateral view, eye anteriorly convex and posteriorly straight. POL shorter than OOL (0.10, 0.14). Malar suture absent or difficult to see. Median area between lateral ocelli slightly depressed. Vertex laterally rounded and dorsally wide. <b>Mesosoma</b> (Fig. 216A, F, G, I). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Mesoscutum proximally convex and distally flat, punctation distinct proximally, but absent/dispersed distally, interspaces wavy/lacunose. Scutellum triangular, apex sloped and fused with BS, but not in the same plane, scutellar punctation distinct peripherally and absent centrally, in lateral view, scutellum slightly convex, but on same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum widely visible; BS not overlapping the MPM; ATS demilune with a little complete, but faint parallel carinae; dorsal ATS groove with semicircular/parallel carinae. Transscutal articulation with small and heterogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation sloped, smooth and shiny. Metanotum with BM wider than PFM (clearly differentiated); MPM oval/circular with a short proximal carina; AFM without setiferous lobes and not as well delineated as PFM; PFM thick, smooth and distally fused with ATM; ATM proximally with a groove with some sculpturing and distally smooth. Propodeum rather coarse sculpture and without median longitudinal carina, proximal half curved; distal edge of propodeum with a flange at each side and without stubs; propodeal spiracle distally framed by a short concave carina; nucha surrounded by very short radiating carinae. Pronotum with a distinct dorsal furrow, dorsally with a well-defined smooth band; central area of pronotum smooth, but both dorsal and ventral furrows with short parallel carinae. Propleuron with a mix of rugae and fine punctation, dorsally with a carina. Metasternum flat or nearly so. Contour of mesopleuron straight/angulate or nearly so; precoxal groove smooth, shiny and shallow, but visible; epicnemial ridge convex, teardrop-shaped. <b>Legs</b> (Fig. 216A). Ventral margin of fore telotarsus excavated with conspicuous curved seta over this excavation, fore telotarsus almost same width throughout and longer than fourth tarsomere (0.20, 0.09). Medially hind coxa smooth, dorsally with scattered punctation and ventrally with dense punctation, dorsal outer depression present. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.32, 0.25), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. Hind telotarsus as equal in length as fourth tarsomere (0.16, 0.15). <b>Wings</b> (Fig. 216K, L). Fore wing with r vein straight; 2RS vein straight; r and 2RS veins forming a weak, even curve at their junction and outer side of junction forming a slight stub; 2M vein slightly curved/swollen; distally fore wing [where spectral veins are] with microtrichiae more densely concentrated than the rest of the wing; anal cell 1/3 proximally lacking microtrichiae; subbasal cell with a small smooth area; vein 2CUa absent and vein 2CUb spectral, vein 2 cu-a absent; vein 2-1A present only proximally as tubular vein; tubular vein 1 cu-a complete and junction with 1-1A vein spectral. Hind wing with vannal lobe narrow, subdistally and subproximally straightened, and setae evenly scattered in the margin. <b>Metasoma</b> (Fig. 216A, H, J). Metasoma laterally compressed. Petiole on T1 finely sculptured only laterally, virtually parallel-sided over most of length, but narrowing over distal 1/3 (length 0.39, maximum width 0.21, minimum width 0.12), and with scarse pubescence concentrated in the first distal third. Lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2 (length median area 0.20, length T2 0.20), edges of median area polished and lateral grooves deep, median area broader than long (length 0.20, maximum width 0.25, minimum width 0.09); T2 with scattered pubescence only distally. T3 longer than T2 (0.24, 0.20) and with scattered pubescence throughout. <b>Cocoons</b> (Figs 4E, 216E). White oval cocoon with dark spots throughout. Silk fibers of cocoon are ordered, but covered by a net. Comments. The metasoma has only tree most proximal terga (T1-3), the remaining terga are missing (Fig. 216A), the propodeal spiracle distally are framed by a concave carina, the propodeum distally with a diagonal carina at each side (Fig. 216G), and the lateral margins of the median area on T2 are slightly curved (concave, Fig. 216H) resembling the median area on T2 of <i>G. bourquini</i> (Blanchard) and <i>G. ecuadorius</i> (Whitfield et al. 2002a). Etymology. Thomas Pape is a Danish dipterologist whose interests are systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of the Calyptratae (Diptera). Currently, he is the head of Biosystematics at Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, and also the president of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Distribution. Parasitized caterpillar was collected in Ecuador, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station (Sendero Culo del Mundo), during May 2009 at 2,414 m in cloud forest. Biology. The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is solitary. Host. Undetermined species of Noctuidae feeding on <i>Munnozia pinnatipartita</i> (Asteraceae). Caterpillar was collected in third instar.
description: Published as part of <i>Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina, Whitfield, James B., Janzen, Daniel H., Winifred Hallwachs,, Dyer, Lee A., Smith, M. Alex, Hebert, Paul D. N. &amp; Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., 2019, A species-level taxonomic review and host associations of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with an emphasis on 136 new reared species from Costa Rica and Ecuador, pp. 1-685 in ZooKeys 890</i> on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.890.35786
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