Galeopsomyia admirabilis 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 admirabilis

description: Galeopsomyia admirabilis Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 232, 233, 731, 891, 926, 939, 960, 1110)
Diagnosis (female). A very distinct and odd species. Face yellowish-brown, non-metallic (Fig. 891); with short genal carina; midlobe of mesoscutum (Fig. 232) with a strong and complete median groove; notauli (Fig. 232) very strong and smooth; mesoscutellum (Fig. 926) with submedian grooves distinct, straight and parallel, frenal groove very wide, subdivided by carinae with median carina especially strong; dorsellum with median carina; fore and hind coxae white, mid coxa dark brown (Fig. 233); gaster (Fig. 232) elongate, Gt 1 with very weak reticulation, almost smooth, remaining tergites with weak reticulation. Male flagellum with dorso-basal whorls of long setae present on F1–F4 and C1 (Fig. 960).
Female holotype: length of body 3.0mm (paratypes 2.0– 2.9mm).
Scape yellowish-brown with dorsal edge brown, pedicel dark brown, F1–F3dark brown, C1 pale brown, C2-C3 yellowish-white. Face below level of toruli yellowish-brown with parts below eye dark brown, frons black with metallic green and purple tinges and with scrobes yellowish-brown; vertex black with metallic tinges. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum metallic bluish-green; propodeum black with metallic tinges. Legs with fore and hind coxae white, mid coxa dark brown; fore and mid trochanters brown, hind trochanter white; femora dark brown; fore tibia yellowish-brown, mid and hind tibiae dark brown; tarsi yellowish-brown. Wings hyaline, fore wing with a large infuscate spot medially. Petiole dark brown. Gaster black with metallic tinges; gonoplac black.
Antenna with distinct constriction between C1 and C2. Face below level of toruli with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons with transverse carinae and with very fine small-meshed reticulation between carinae, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation and shiny; frons with a few scattered setae except scrobes that are bare; with a short genal carina close to mouth opening. Vertex with fine small-meshed reticulation outside ocellar triangle, with wrinkled sculpture inside triangle; ocellar triangle very small because ocelli are close; with a carina between posterior ocelli in posterior part, with a strong carina from eye margin to posterior ocelli. Occipital margin with a strong carina.
Pronotum very large with sides parallel, with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric, with posterior margin smooth. Mesoscutum with strong reticulation on sidelobes, meshes isodiametric; midlobe with a mix of strong reticulation with elongate meshes and with longitudinal carinae, with a strong and complete median groove, and with four adnotaular setae in a single row; notauli very strong, distinct and smooth. Mesoscutellum with weak reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct, straight and parallel; with two pairs of setae on lateral parts, one pair at posterior margin and one pair situated slightly behind middle of mesoscutellum close to axillular groove; frenal groove very wide and subdivided by carinae with median carina especially strong. Dorsellum with strong reticulation, with median carina. Propodeum with a strong narrow median carina; with strong reticulation; callus with two setae. All coxae with weak reticulation and shiny. Fore wing with seven setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row broken.
Petiole transverse with strong longitudinal carinae. Gaster elongate; Gt 1 with very weak reticulation, almost smooth, remaining tergites with weak reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 27; head length, frontal view 50; POL 11; OOL 10.5; lateral ocellus diameter 5; head width 63; mouth width 24; malar space 19; eye length 25.5; scape length 28; scape width 7; pedicel+flagellum length 90; pedicel length 8.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 5; F1 length 14; F1 width 5.5; F2 length 17; F2 width 5; F3 length 15; F3 width 5; clava length 31; clava width 5.5; C3 length 9.5; spicule length 1.7; mesosoma length 88; mesosoma width 55; midlobe of mesoscutum length 26; mesoscutellum length 31; mesoscutellum width 26; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part10.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 11.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 2.5; dorsellum length 4.5; propodeum length 17.5; costal cell length 51; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.5; marginal vein length 52; stigmal vein length 11.5; gaster length 113; gaster width 48; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 12; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 13; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 14; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 15; longest cercal seta length 15; shortest cercal seta length 8.
Male. Length of body 1.6–2.3mm.
Antenna (Fig. 960) with scape narrow in basal half, expanded in apical half; plaque translucent-infuscate surrounded by a dark brown ring and situated close to apex; dorso-basal whorls of long setae present on F1–F4 and C1. Gaster long ovate. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 21; head length, frontal view 39; head width 49; mouth width 17; malar space 14; eye length 20; scape length 22; scape width 7; plaque length 7.5; pedicel length 7; pedicel+flagellum length 93; F1 length 7; F1 width 5; F2 length 13.5; F2 width 5; F3 length 14; F3 width 4.5; F4 length 14; F4 width 4.5; clava length 39; clava width 4; mesosoma length 68; mesosoma width 44; gaster length 70; gaster width 33; longest subbasal seta on F1, length 60.
Hosts. Reared from galls (swellings) on leaf veins, petioles and young stems induced by Zalepidota sp. (Cecidomyiidae) on Piper crassinervium (Piperaceae).
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Estación Altamira, Sendero Casa Coca, 9º02’N, 83º00’W, 1450-1700m, 7.ii-5.iii.2002, swept, C. Hansson & Parataxonomos (MZLU). Paratypes (31♀ 16♂, CNC, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK): 3♀ with same label data as holotype; 2♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Estación Altamira, Sendero Los Gigantes, 9º02’N, 83º00’W, 1450m, 7.ii-5.iii.2002, C. Hansson & Parataxonomos; 2♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Las Cruces, Wilson Botanico, 1150m, 18-22. iii.1990, J.S. Noyes; following from same locality as previous but collected 15-16.ii.2006 (2♀), 7-19. ii.2007 (3♀), 19-22.ii.2008 (2♀), 15-16.ii.2012 (5♀); 1♂ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen, 9º52′N 85º03′W, 305m, 11-21.ii.2005, C. Hansson; 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected 19-20.ii.2009; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Estación Biológica Monteverde, 10º20′N, 84º49′W, 1540m, 26.ii.2007, J.S. Noyes; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Monteverde, “Ecological Farm”, 1300m, 10º18’N, 84º49’W, 16-17.ii.2003, J.S. Noyes; 5♀ 10♂ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Parque Nacional Arenal, 10°28’N, 84°45’W, 617m, 21-28.ii.2005, C. Hansson; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal, 10º26’N, 84º43’W, 600m, 26.ii.2013, J.S. Noyes; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Parque Nacional Arenal, Sendero Pilón, 10º27’N, 84º43’W, 26.ii.2003, J.S. Noyes; 2♂ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Parque Nacional Arenal, La Peninsula, 10º27’N, 84º45’W, 25.ii.2003, J.S. Noyes; following from same locality as previous but collected 6-10.ii.2000 (1♂), 17.vi.2000 (1♂); 1♀ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Parque Nacional Arenal, Sendero Mena, LN 454170_ 271800, 600m, 17.iv-19.v.2001, G. Carballo; 1♂ COSTA RICA, Alajuela, San Carlos, Reserva Forestal Arenal, Sector Cerro Chato, LN 269500_460900, 1100m, 22.x-22.xi.1999, malaise trap, G. Carballo; 1♀ COSTA RICA, San José, Ciudad Colón, Hacienda Rodeo, 800m, 21.x.1990, from Piper vein gall, P. Hanson.
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 184-186, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024