Glyptapanteles jacklonginoi 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 jacklonginoi

description: Glyptapanteles jacklonginoi Arias-Penna, sp. nov.Figs 111, 112 Female. Body length 2.17 mm, antenna length 2.53 mm, fore wing length 2.22 mm. Type material. <b>Holotype</b>: COSTA RICA • 1♀; 98-SRNP-2542, DHJPAR0000108; Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao; cloud forest; 1,150 m; 10.92691, -85.46822; 06.iii.1998; Michael Jacobson leg.; caterpillar collected in fifth instar already with cocoons on it; slate gray single cocoons, elongate ovoid, appear to be normally that dark gray color, look like were lightly adhered singly to cuticle and then fell off; adult parasitoids emerged on 09.iii.1998; (CNC). <b>Paratypes.</b> • 25 (4♀, 1♂) (20♀, 0♂); 98-SRNP-2542, DHJPAR0000108; same data as for holotype; (CNC). Diagnosis. Face convex (Fig. 112C), area just behind transscutal articulation nearly at the same level as mesoscutum (Fig. 112F), ventral margin of fore telotarsus slightly excavated and with a tiny curved seta, distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate, inner spur of hind tibia much longer than outer spur, median area on T2 broader than long (Figs 111C, F, 112E, H), propodeal spiracle distally framed by a short concave carina, propodeum without median longitudinal carina (Figs 111B, 112G), petiole on T1 distally with lateral margins relatively straight, finely sculptured only laterally (Figs 111C, F, 112H, E), surface of metasternum flat or nearly so, precoxal groove deep with lineate sculpture (Figs 111A, E, 112A, I), fore wing with vein 1 cu-a curved, r vein slightly curved, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins not forming a stub (Figs 111F, 112K), dorsal outer depression on hind coxa present (Figs 111A, 112A), inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets (Fig. 112B), and lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2 (Figs 111C, F, 112E, H). Coloration (Fig. 111A). General body coloration black-brown except labrum, mandibles and glossa yellow-brown; maxillary and labial palps, and tegulae yellow; scape and pedicel yellow-brown, but inner side brown; all antennal flagellomeres dark brown on both sides. Eyes silver and ocelli yellowish. Fore and middle legs yellow except brown coxae (inner side of fore coxae is lighter that outer side), and brown claws; hind legs yellow except coxae, most of the femora, distal half of tibiae and tarsomeres brown. Petiole on T1 black and sublateral areas yellow; T2 with median and adjacent areas dark brown, and lateral ends yellow; T3 mostly dark brown, but laterally yellow– T4 and beyond completely brown; distally each tergum with a narrow yellowish transparent band. In lateral view, T1-2 completely yellow; T3 yellow with a small dorsal brown area; T4 and beyond completely brown. S1-3 yellow; S4 and beyond brown. Description. <b>Head</b> (Fig. 111A, E). Head rounded with pubescence short and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.18:0.05, 0.17:0.05, 0.19:0.05), distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate (0.11:0.05, 0.09:0.05), antenna longer than body (2.53, 2.17); antennal scrobes-frons shallow. Face convex, dense and finely punctate, interspaces with microsculpture and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple wide, punctate 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 (0.09, 0.12). Malar suture absent or difficult to see. Median area between lateral ocelli without depression. Vertex laterally rounded and dorsally wide. <b>Mesosoma</b> (Fig. 111A, B, E). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Mesoscutum proximally convex and distally flat, punctation distinct throughout, interspaces with microsculpture. Scutellum triangular, apex sloped and fused with BS, scutellar punctation scattered throughout, in profile scutellum flat and on same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum partially exposed; BS only very partially overlapping the MPM; ATS demilune with quite a little complete parallel carinae; dorsal ATS groove with semicircular/parallel carinae. Transscutal articulation with small and homogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation smooth, shiny and nearly at the same level as mesoscutum (flat). Metanotum with BM wider than PFM (clearly differentiated); MPM circular without median longitudinal carina; AFM with a small lobe and not as well delineated as PFM; PFM thick, smooth and with a distal flat flange; ATM proximally with semircular/undulate carina and distally smooth. Propodeum with medium-sized punctation, without median longitudinal carina, proximal half weakly 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 virtually without trace of 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 fine punctations throughout and dorsally with a carina. Metasternum flat or nearly so. Contour of mesopleuron straight/angulate or nearly so; precoxal groove deep with transverse lineate sculpture; epicnemial ridge elongated more fusiform (tapering at both ends). <b>Legs.</b> Ventral margin of fore telotarsus slightly excavated and with a tiny curved seta, fore telotarsus almost same width throughout and longer than fourth tarsomere (0.12, 0.07). Hind coxa with punctation only on ventral surface and dorsal outer depression present. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.22, 0.16), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. Hind telotarsus as equal in length as fourth tarsomere (0.11, 0.10). <b>Wings</b> (Fig. 111H, I). Fore wing with r vein curved; 2RS vein slightly convex to convex; r and 2RS veins forming a weak, even curve at their junction and outer side of junction not forming a 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 curved, incomplete/broken and not reaching the edge of 1-1A vein. Hind wing with vannal lobe wide, subdistally evenly convex, subproximally straightened, and setae present only proximally. <b>Metasoma</b> (Fig. 111A, C, D, F, G). Metasoma laterally compressed. Petiole on T1 finely sculptured only laterally, parallel-sided in proximal half and then narrowing (length 0.27, maximum width 0.15, minimum width 0.08), and with scattered 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 0.14, length T2 0.14), edges of median area polished and lateral grooves deep, median area broader than long (length 0.14, maximum width 0.18, minimum width 0.07); T2 with scattered pubescence only distally. T3 longer than T2 (0.18, 0.14) and with scattered pubescence throughout. Pubescence on hypopygium scattered. <b>Cocoons.</b> Gray oval cocoons with evenly smooth silk fibers. Cocoons lightly but individually adhered to caterpillar cuticle. Comments. Both sexes with slim bodies. Male (Fig. 112 A–L). Coloration and shape similar to female. Etymology. John (Jack) T. Longino is a professor of Biology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. He is a specialist in neotropical myrmecology. His research is focused on understanding how species are distributed on tropical mountainsides, what ecological factors explain the elevational range limits of species, and how species might respond to climate change. Distribution. The parasitized caterpillar was collected in Costa Rica, ACG, Sector Cacao (Estación Cacao), during March 1998 at 1,150 m in cloud forest. Biology. The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is gregarious. Host. <i>Gonodonta pulverea</i> Schaus (Erebidae: Calpinae), food plant was not reported. Caterpillar was collected in fifth 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