Galeopsomyia giria 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 giria

description: Galeopsomyia giria Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 402, 403, 792)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 792); genal carina absent; mesoscutellum (Fig. 402) with median part with strong reticulation and with a weak ±complete median groove, submedian grooves strong and diverging slightly towards posterior part; mesoscutum (Fig. 402) metallic dull purple and mesoscutellum metallic greenish-blue; dorsellum without median carina; propodeum (Fig. 402) with strong reticulation, callus with two setae; fore wing with two setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; hind coxa with a carina along posterior margin; petiole very short, just a narrow band; gaster (Fig. 402) 2.0× as long as wide, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 1.5mm.
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum dark brown. Head with frons metallic greenish-blue, antennal scrobes black with metallic tinges, clypeus brown; vertex metallic blue. Mesoscutum black with metallic purple tinges; mesoscutellum metallic greenish-blue; propodeum golden-green. Legs with coxae dark brown to black; trochanters pale brown; femora dark brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt1-3 metallic greenish-blue with posterior margin metallic purple, Gt4-5 with metallic purple and blue tinges, Gt6 metallic greenish-blue, Gt7 black; gonoplac black.
Antenna with a solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; without genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; with five scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation and elongate meshes; submedian grooves strong and diverging slightly towards posterior part; with a weak ±complete median groove; with six setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, without median carina. Propodeum with a strong but narrow median carina that expands strongly posteriorly; with strong reticulation; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation; hind coxa with a carina along posterior margin. Fore wing with two setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below; costal setal row broken.
Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster elongate; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 18; head length, frontal view 27; POL 7.5; OOL 4; lateral ocellus diameter 3.2; head width 37; mouth width 9; malar space 9; eye length 17; scape length 13; scape width 3; pedicel+flagellum length 36; pedicel length 5.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 3; F2 length 5.5; F2 width 3.5; F3 length 4.5; F3 width 4; clava length 12; clava width 5; C3 length 4; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 42; mesosoma width 32; midlobe of mesoscutum length 16.5; mesoscutellum length 16; mesoscutellum width 16; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 7.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 8; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 7.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 3; dorsellum length 2; propodeum length 5; costal cell length 22; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 1.5; marginal vein length 23; stigmal vein length 7; gaster length 62; gaster width 31; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 8; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 11; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 7; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 11; longest cercal seta length 9; shortest cercal seta length 3.5.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen, 9º52′N, 85º03′W, 305m, 19-20.ii.2009, J.S. Noyes (NHMUK).
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 317-318, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024