Galeopsomyia majalis 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 majalis

description: Galeopsomyia majalis Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 478, 479, 827, 983)
Diagnosis (female). Antennal clava solid (Fig. 827); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 478) with strong reticulation on median part and with a complete median groove, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves slightly curved with outer margin indistinct; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 478) medially with a few strong irregular carinae, laterally with strong reticulation, callus with six setae; petiole transverse; gaster (Fig. 478) 2.1× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with short longitudinal carinae laterally, tergites with strong reticulation, gonoplac yellowish-brown (Fig. 479).
Female holotype: length of body 2.0mm (paratypes 1.6–2.6mm).
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum brown. Face below level of toruli golden-green with median part metallic bluish-green, abovel level of toruli metallic bluish-purple, clypeus dark brown, antennal scrobes black; vertex metallic bluish-purple. Thoracic dorsum metallic bluish-green with purple tinges. Legs with fore and hind coxae dark brown with metallic blue tinges and with apex yellowish-brown, mid coxa dark brown; trochanters yellowish-brown; femora dark brown with apex yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-white; T1–3 yellowish-white, T4 pale brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1 metallic bluish-purple with posterior margin golden-purple, Gt 2-4 golden-purple, Gt 5-6 metallic bluish-purple, Gt 7 dark brown; gonoplac yellowish-brown.
Antenna with solid clava. Face below level of toruli with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation outside ocellar triangle, with wrinkled sculpture inside ocellar triangle. Occipital margin with a carina behind ocellar triangle.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe, midlobe rugose close to notauli; midlobe with a median groove in posterior half, with 18 scattered setae on rugose parts. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation on median part and with a complete median groove, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves with outer margin indistinct, curved and diverging towards posterior part; with ten setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with strong reticulation, with median carina. Propodeum medially with a few strong irregular carinae, laterally with strong reticulation; callus with six setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row broken.
Petiole transverse. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with short longitudinal carinae laterally; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 24; head length, frontal view 36; POL 9.5; OOL 5; lateral ocellus diameter 5; head width 50; mouth width 17; malar space 13; eye length 25; scape length 17; scape width 4; pedicel+flagellum length 50; pedicel length 6.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 7.5; F1 width 4.5; F2 length 8; F2 width 4.5; F3 length 7.5; F3 width 5; clava length 17.5; clava width 5; C3 length 6; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 63; mesosoma width 46; midlobe of mesoscutum length 26; mesoscutellum length 25; mesoscutellum width 25; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 8.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 9; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 11; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 6; dorsellum length 3; propodeum length 8; costal cell length 32; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.2; marginal vein length 27; stigmal vein length 10; gaster length 84; gaster width 40; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 8; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 12.5; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 11; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 11; longest cercal seta length 12.5; shortest cercal seta length 5.5.
Male. Length of body of body 1.3–1.6mm.
Antenna (Fig. 983) with scape widest just above the middle; plaque dark brown and situated in apical half, but below apex; dorso-basal whorls of long setae present on F1–F4 and a ventro-basal whorl of long setae on C1. Gaster long ovate; Gt 1 with weak reticulation and shiny, remaining tergites with strong reticulation. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 19; head length, frontal view 32; head width 43.5; mouth width 14.5; malar space 11; eye length 19; scape length 15; scape width 5.5; plaque length 7; pedicel length 5.5; pedicel+flagellum length 62; F1 length 4.5; F1 width 3.5; F2 length 8.5; F2 width 3.5; F3 length 9.5; F3 width 3.5; F4 length 10.5; F4 width 3.5; clava length 22; clava width 3.5; mesosoma length 59; mesosoma width 39; gaster length 60; gaster width 25; longest subbasal seta on F1, length 30.
Hosts. Reared from flower galls (spherical, 5 mm in diameter) on Inga punctata (Fabaceae) and leaf galls on Cissampelos sp. (Menispermaceae), both induced by unidentified Cecidomyiidae.
Distribution. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Santo Domingo, xi.2002, from Inga punctata flower gall, P. Hanson (NHMUK). Paratypes (46♀ 17♂, CNC, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK): 4♀ 2♂ with same label data as holotype; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Santo Domingo, INBio-Parque, 11-25.ii.2006, J.S. Noyes; 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected 14.ii.2009; 6♀ 2♂ COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Zona Protectorada Miravalles, Las Hornillas, Tajo ICE, LN 299400_ 409200, 900m, 21.viii.2004, swept, J.A.Azofeifa; 8♀ 2♂ COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Zona Protectorada Miravalles, Cabro Muco, LN 299151_410000, 9.ix.2004, J.A. Azofeifa; 7♀ 4♂ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Parque Nacional Carara, 360m, viii.1999, from Cissampelos leaf gall, Sakurai; 8♀ 7♂ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Jardin Botanico, Las Cruces, 5.vi.1988, 1200m, from leaf gall on Cissampelos, P. Hanson; 1♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen, 9º52′N, 85º03′W, 305m, 19-20.ii.2009, J.S. Noyes; 4♀ ECUADOR, Napo, Misahualli, 18-20.ii.1983, Lars Huggert; 1♀ ECUADOR, Napo, Lumbaqui, 10-11.iii.1983, Lars Huggert; 1♀ PERU, Loreto, Iquitos, Rio Nanay, 4-6.ii.1984, Lars Huggert; 1♀ PERU, Loreto, Iquitos, 9.ii.1984, Lars Huggert; 1♀ PERU, Loreto, Iquitos, Barillai, 10.ii.1984, Lars Huggert; 1♀ PERU, Junin, Satipo, 20.i.1984, Lars Huggert; 1♀ PERU, Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado, 3.i.1984, Lars Huggert.
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 371-372, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024