Galeopsomyia roupalae 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 roupalae

description: Galeopsomyia roupalae Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 596, 597, 1094)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 1094); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 596) with narrow median part with strong reticulation and a complete median groove, lateral parts rugose, submedian grooves indistinct; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 596) with strong irregular carinae and strong reticulation, callus with six setae; petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part; gaster (Fig. 596) 2.2× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt1 with longitudinal carinae laterally, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 2.7mm.
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head black with blue-green tinges, clypeus dark brown, antennal scrobes black. Thoracic dorsum black with blue-green tinges. Legs with coxae black with blue tinges; trochanters brown; femora dark brown to black; fore and mid tibiae with basal half brown and apical half yellowish-brown, hind tibia yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt1 golden-green, Gt2-5 metallic purple dorsally, black with golden-green tinges laterally, Gt6-7 black with blue-green tinges; gonoplac black.
Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2. Face below level of toruli with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with transverse irregular carinae.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation on sidelobes, meshes isodiametric, rugose on midlobe; midlobe with a wide median groove, with 16 scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with narrow median part with strong reticulation and a complete median groove, lateral parts rugose with 15 scattered setae; submedian grooves indistinct. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, with median carina. Propodeum with a strong median carina that expands posteriorly; with strong irregular carinae and strong reticulation; callus with six setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with five setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt1 with longitudinal carinae laterally; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 30; head length, frontal view 50; POL 12; OOL 8; lateral ocellus diameter 5.5; head width 65; mouth width 22; malar space 19.5; eye length 27; scape length 25; scape width 5; pedicel+flagellum length 65; pedicel length 9; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 11; F1 width 6; F2 length 11.5; F2 width 6; F3 length 10; F3 width 6; clava length 20; clava width 7; C3 length 6; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 83; mesosoma width 57; midlobe of mesoscutum length 30; mesoscutellum length 32; mesoscutellum width 29; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 7; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 7; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 10; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 9; dorsellum length 4; propodeum length 12; costal cell length 40; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3.5; marginal vein length 37; stigmal vein length 11; gaster length 107; gaster width 48; Gt2 length (measured medially) 10; Gt4 length (measured medially) 12; Gt7 length (measured medially) 20; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 17.5; longest cercal seta length 13; shortest cercal seta length 5.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Reared from a blister-like leaf gall induced by an unidentified Cecidomyiidae on Roupala sp. (Proteaceae).
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Reserva Forestal Grecia, 1500m, 18.iii.1992, from Roupala leaf gall, P. Hanson (NHMUK).
Etymology. Named after the host plant of the gall from which this species was reared.
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 452-453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024