Galeopsomyia bravis 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 bravis

description: Galeopsomyia bravis Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 312, 313, 756)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with distinct constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 756); with genal carina; mesoscutellum (Fig. 312) 1.0× as long as wide, with strong reticulation throughout, submedian grooves distinct, slightly curved and converging towards posterior part, with a weak and incomplete median groove; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 312) with strong reticulation, callus with four setae; gaster (Fig. 312) 1.7× as long as wide, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 1.4mm (paratype 1.6mm).
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and F1 pale brown, F2–6 dark brown. Head with frons metallic blue with scrobes black and clypeus dark brown; vertex black with metallic blue tinges. Mesoscutum with sidelobes black, midlobe metallic blue; mesoscutellum and propodeum metallic blue. Legs with fore and mid coxae dark brown, hind coxa black with metallic tinges; trochanters pale brown; femora with basal two-thirds dark brown and apical one-third yellowish-brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-white, T4 pale brown. Petiole not visible. Gaster with Gt 1-3 metallic blue with posterior margin dark brown, Gt4-5 black with metallic tinges, Gt6-7 black; gonoplac black.
Antenna with distinct constriction between C1 and C2. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeal area smooth, scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe without median groove, with eight scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, lateral parts with four scattered setae; submedian grooves distinct, slightly curved and converging towards posterior part; with a weak and incomplete median groove. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, with median carina. Propodeum with a strong median carina that expands slightly anteriorly and posteriorly; with strong reticulation; callus with four setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row broken.
Petiole not visible. Gaster elongate; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 16; head length, frontal view 26; POL 6.5; OOL 4; lateral ocellus diameter 3; head width 33.5; mouth width 10; malar space 9; eye length 16; scape length 12; scape width 3; pedicel+flagellum length 38; pedicel length 5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3; F1 length 5; F1 width 3; F2 length 6; F2 width 3; F3 length 6; F3 width 3; clava length 15; clava width 3; C3 length 5; spicule length 1.5; mesosoma length 37.5; mesosoma width 28; midlobe of mesoscutum length 12.5; mesoscutellum length 15; mesoscutellum width 14.5; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 5.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 6.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 5.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 3; dorsellum length 1.5; propodeum length 5.5; costal cell length 21; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 1.5; marginal vein length 20; stigmal vein length 5.5; gaster length 60; gaster width 36; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 6; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 11; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 8; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 9; longest cercal seta length 11; shortest cercal seta length 5.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Sirena, 8º29’N, 83º35’W, 5m, 19-20.ii.2004, J.S. Noyes (NHMUK). Paratype: 1♀ with same label data as holotype (MZLU).
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 254-256, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024