Glyptapanteles erictepei 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 erictepei

description: Glyptapanteles erictepei Arias-Penna, sp. nov.Figs 80, 81 Female. Body length 2.87 mm, antenna length 3.73 mm, fore wing length 3.38 mm. Type material. <b>Holotype</b>: ECUADOR • 1♀; EC-29576, YY-A108; Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Río Aliso, Isla del Río Aliso; cloud forest; 2,100 m; - 0.633333, -77.9, 23.i.2008; CAPEA leg.; caterpillar collected in third instar; cocoon formed on 09.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 10.iii.2008; (PUCE). <b>Paratypes.</b> • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); EC-29352, YY-A169; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 19.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 21.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); EC-29355, YY-A172; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 20.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 24.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); EC-29357, YY-A110; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 20.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 21.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); EC-29380, YY-A018; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 20.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 21.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (0♀, 1♂) (0♀ + 0♂); EC-29575, YY-A119; same data as for holotype except: adult parasitoid emerged on 12.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (0♀ + 1♂) (0♀ + 0♂); EC-29582, YY-A181; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 08.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 21.iii.2008; (PUCE). • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); EC-29586, YY-A174; same data as for holotype except: cocoon formed on 08.ii.2008; adult parasitoid emerged on 20.iii.2008; (PUCE). Diagnosis. Precoxal groove smooth and shiny (Figs 80I, 81H), scutellar punctation scattered throughout (Figs 80F, 81E), vertex in dorsal view wide (Fig. 80C), mesoscutum punctation distinct throughout (Figs 80F, 81E), T3 as long as T2 (Figs 80K, 81G), propodeum with a median longitudinal dent (Figs 80G, 81F), petiole on T1 finely sculptured (Figs 80H, 81G), lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 distally losing definition on T2 (Figs 80H, 81G), and fore wing with r vein straight, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins forming a stub (Fig. 81C). Coloration (Fig. 80 A–K). General body coloration polished black except labrum, and mandibles yellow-brown; glossa, maxillary and labial palps, and tegulae yellow; proximal ring on scape and distal ring in pedicel reddish brown; all antennal flagellomeres brown on both sides. Eyes silver and ocelli reddish (in preserved specimen). Fore and middle legs yellow except tarsomeres proximally yellow-brown and distally brown, and claws brown; hind legs yellow except black coxae, brown apex of femora, both ends of tibiae brown, and brown tarsomeres. Petiole on T1 black and sublateral areas yellow; T2 with median and adjacent areas black, and narrow lateral ends yellow-brown; T3 and beyond black; distally each tergum with a narrow whitish transparent band. In lateral view, T1-2 completely yellow; T3 yellow, but dorsally brown; T4 and beyond completely brown-black. S1-3 completely yellow; S4 and beyond completely brown-black; ovipositor sheaths brown-black. Description. <b>Head</b> (Fig. 80A, C–E). Head rounded with pubescence long and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.27:0.08, 0.29:0.08, 0.29:0.08), distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate (0.12:0.05, 0.10:0.05), antenna longer than body (3.73, 2.87); antennal scrobes-frons shallow. Face with depression only laterally and dense fine punctations, interspaces smooth and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple wide, punctate and interspaces clearly smooth. 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 present. Median area between lateral ocelli without depression. Vertex laterally rounded and dorsally wide. <b>Mesosoma</b> (Fig. 80A, F, G, I). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Mesoscutum with narrow grooves laterally, punctation distinct throughout and interspaces smooth. 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 short stubs delineating the area; dorsal ATS groove with carinae only proximally. Transscutal articulation with small and heterogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation with a smooth and shiny sloped transverse strip. Metanotum with BM upward; MPM circular without median longitudinal carina; AFM without setiferous lobes and not as well delineated as PFM; PFM thick and smooth; ATM proximally with semircular/undulate carina and distally smooth. Propodeum with a median longitudinal dent, but no trace of median longitudinal carina, proximal half curved with medium-sized sculpture and distal half with a shallow dent at each side of nucha or rugose; distal edge of propodeum with a flange at each side and without stubs; propodeal spiracle distally framed by faintly concave/wavy 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 and dorsal furrow smooth, but ventral furrow with short parallel carinae. Propleuron with fine punctations throughout and dorsally without 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 elongated more fusiform (tapering at both ends). <b>Legs.</b> Ventral margin of fore telotarsus entire without seta, fore telotarsus proximally narrow and distally wide, and longer than fourth tarsomere (0.17, 0.09). Hind coxa finely punctate throughout, and dorsal outer depression present. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.25, 0.20), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. Hind telotarsus longer than fourth tarsomere (0.20, 0.15). <b>Wings</b> (Fig. 81C, D). Fore wing with r vein straight; r and 2RS veins forming a weak, even curve at their junction and outer side of junction forming a distinct 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 microtrichiae virtually throughout; veins 2CUa and 2CUb completely spectral; vein 2 cu-a present as spectral vein, sometimes difficult to see; vein 2-1A proximally tubular and distally spectral, although sometimes difficult to see; tubular vein 1 cu-a curved and complete, but junction with 1-1A vein spectral. Hind wing with vannal lobe very narrow, subdistally and subproximally straightened, and setae absent proximally, but scattered distally. <b>Metasoma</b> (Fig. 80A, H, J, K). Metasoma laterally compressed. Petiole on T1 finely sculptured on distal half, evenly narrowing distally (length 0.45, maximum width 0.25, minimum width 0.15), and with scattered pubescence on distal half. 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 obscured by weak longitudinal stripes, median area broader than long (length 0.20, maximum width 0.33, minimum width 0.10); T2 with scarce pubescence throughout. T3 as long as T2 (0.21, 0.20) and with scattered pubescence throughout. Pubescence on hypopygium dense. <b>Cocoon</b> (Figs 4A, 80B, 81B). White or beige bud-like cocoon with body ridge-shaped and evenly smooth silk fibers. Comments. The ovipositor sheath is thick and curved. Both sexes have stout bodies. Male (Fig. 81 A–I). Similar in coloration and shape to female. Etymology. Eric J. Tepe is an American botanist who studies wild potatoes and the relatives of black pepper (<i>Piper</i> spp., Piperaceae). Currently, he works at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Distribution. Parasitized caterpillars were collected in Ecuador, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station (Río Aliso), during January 2008 at 2,100 m in cloud forest. Biology. The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is solitary. Host. <i>Actinote stratonice</i> Latreille (Nymphalidae: Acraeinae) feeding on <i>Erato polymnioides</i> (Asteraceae). Caterpillars were 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