Glyptapanteles daveschindeli 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 daveschindeli

description: Glyptapanteles daveschindeli Arias-Penna, sp. nov.Figs 64, 65 Female. Body length 2.02 mm, antenna length 2.22 mm, fore wing length 1.96 mm. Type material. <b>Holotype</b>: COSTA RICA • 1♀; 08-SRNP-16708, DHJPAR0030699; Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Área administrativa; dry forest; 295 m; 10.83764, -85.61871; 14.xi.2008; Lucia Vargas leg.; caterpillar collected in fifth instar; cocoons adhered to caterpillar body in rings; adult parasitoids emerged on 26.xi.2008; (CNC). <b>Paratypes.</b> • 28 (2♀, 2♂) (25♀, 0♂); 08-SRNP-16708, DHJPAR0030699; same data as for holotype; (CNC). Other material. <b>Reared material.</b> COSTA RICA: <i>Área de Conservación Guanacaste</i> , <i>Guanacaste</i>, <i>Sector Santa Rosa</i>, <i>Bosque Humedo</i>: • 49 (6♀, 1♂) (42♀, 0♂); 93-SRNP-2251, DHJPAR0000071; dry forest; 290 m; 10.85145, -85.60801; 14.vi.1993; gusaneros leg.; caterpillar collected in fifth instar; brown/gray cocoons adhered laterally against caterpillar body in rings; adult parasitoids emerged on 16.vi.1993. <i>Área de Conservación Guanacaste</i> , <i>Guanacaste</i>, <i>Sector Cacao</i>, <i>Sendero Guayabal</i>: • 8 (3♀, 0♂) (5♀, 0♂); 08-SRNP-45004, DHJPAR0020724; cloud forest; 500 m; 10.88571, -85.48184; 03.i.2008; Manuel Pereira leg.; caterpillar collected in third instar; brown cocoons adhered to the larval cuticle and formed on 24.i.2008; adult parasitoids emerged on 04.ii.2008. Malaise-trapped material. COSTA RICA: <i>Área de Conservación Guanacaste</i> , <i>Guanacaste</i>, <i>Sector Santa Rosa</i>, <i>Bosque San Emilio</i>: • 1 (1♀, 0♂) (0♀, 0♂); 99-SRNP-19008, DHJPAR0013385; dry forest; 300 m; 10.84389, -85.61384; Malaise trap; 10.v.1999; DH Janzen &amp; W Hallwachs leg. Diagnosis. Mesoscutum punctation proximally distinct, but distally absent/dispersed (Figs 64B, 65B), phragma of the scutellum completely concealed (Figs 64C, 65C), antenna longer than body, ventral margin of fore telotarsus slightly excavated, scutellar punctation indistinct throughout (Figs 64B, 65B), propodeal spiracle without distal carina (Figs 64C, 65C), petiole on T1 distally with lateral margins relatively straight and finely sculptured only laterally (Figs 64D, G, 65D, G), surface of metasternum flat or nearly so, precoxal groove deep with lineate sculpture (Figs 64A, E, 65A, E), fore wing with vein 1 cu-a curved, r vein curved, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins not forming a stub (Figs 64I, 65I), dorsal outer depression on hind coxa present (Figs 64A, F, 65A, F), inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets, propodeum without median longitudinal carina (Figs 64C, 65C), and lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2 (Figs 64D, G, 65D, G). Coloration (Fig. 64A). General body coloration brown-black although some areas on body are light brown/reddish as clypeus, propleuron, both dorsal and ventral furrows of pronotum, epicnemial ridge, ventral edge of mesopleuron, distal corner of mesoscutum, lunules, BS, and PFM; scape, pedicel, labrum and mandibles yellow-brown; tegulae yellow; first five-six proximal antennal flagellomeres dorsally lighter (light brown) than ventrally (dark brown), remaining flagellomeres dark brown on both sides; glossa, maxillary and labial palps, and tegulae yellow. Fore legs yellow except brown claws; middle legs yellow except coxae and claws brown; hind legs brown except trochanter, trochantellus, proximal half of tibiae, and tibial spurs yellow, basitarsus with a proximal yellow ring, last two distal tarsomeres lost. Petiole on T1 with two colorations: proximal half brown-orange and distal half brown, contours darkened, and sublateral areas yellow-brown; T2 with median area brown, adjacent area yellow-brown and very narrow although proximal wide, and lateral ends yellow-brown; T3 extended brown, lateral ends narrow and yellow-brown; T4 and beyond completely brown; distally each tergum with a narrow whitish transparent band. In lateral view, T1-3 completely yellow; T4 and beyond completely brown. S1-3 completely yellow; S4 proximal half yellow, distal half brown; penultimate sternum and hypopygium completely brown. Description. <b>Head</b> (Fig. 64A, B) Head rounded with pubescence long and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.16:0.05, 0.16:0.0, 0.16:0.05), distal antennal flagellomeres longer than penultimate (0.10:0.05, 0.08:0.05), antenna longer than body (2.22, 2.02); antennal scrobes-frons shallow. Face with dense fine punctations, interspaces wavy, distal half dented only laterally, and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple narrow, punctate and interspaces wavy. Inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets; in lateral view, eye anteriorly convex and posteriorly straight. POL shorter than OOL (0.09, 0.13). Malar suture present. Median area between lateral ocelli without depression. Vertex laterally rounded and dorsally wide. <b>Mesosoma</b> (Fig. 64 A–C, E). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Distal 1/3 of mesoscutum with lateral margin slightly dented, punctation proximally distinct, but distally absent/dispersed, and interspaces with microsculpture. Scutellum triangular, apex sloped and fused with BS, scutellar punctation indistinct throughout, in profile scutellum flat and on same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum completely concealed; BS only very partially overlapping the MPM; ATS demilune with short stubs delineating the area; dorsal ATS groove with semicircular/parallel carinae. Transscutal articulation with small and heterogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation with a smooth and shiny sloped transverse strip. Metanotum with BM wider than PFM (clearly differentiated); 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 without median longitudinal carina, proximal half weakly 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 without distal carina; nucha surrounded by very short radiating carinae. Pronotum virtually without trace of dorsal furrow, dorsally with a well-defined smooth band; central area of pronotum smooth, but both dorsal and ventral furrows with short parallel carinae. Propleuron with fine punctations throughout and dorsally with a carina. Metasternum flat or nearly so. Contour of mesopleuron straight/angulate or nearly so; precoxal groove deep with faintly transverse lineate sculpture; epicnemial ridge convex, teardrop-shaped. <b>Legs.</b> Ventral margin of fore telotarsus slightly excavated and with a tiny curved seta, fore telotarsus almost same width throughout and longer than fourth tarsomere (0.10, 0.06). Hind coxa with punctation only on ventral surface and dorsal outer depression present. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.20, 0.12), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. <b>Wings</b> (Fig. 64I, J). Fore wing with r vein curved; 2RS vein straight; r and 2RS veins forming a weak, even curve at their junction and outer side of junction not forming a 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 proximal half smooth; vein 2CUa absent and vein 2CUb spectral; vein 2 cu-a absent; vein 2-1A present only proximally as tubular vein; tubular vein 1 cu-a curved and complete, but junction with 1-1A vein spectral. Hind wing with vannal lobe wide, subdistally and subproximally straightened, and setae present only proximally. <b>Metasoma</b> (Fig. 64A, D, F–H). Metasoma laterally compressed. Petiole on T1 finely sculptured only laterally, virtually parallel-sided over most of length, but narrowing over distal 1/3 (length 0.27, maximum width 0.14, minimum width 0.06), and with scattered pubescence concentrated in the first distal third. Lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2 (length median area 0.12, length T2 0.12), edges of median area polished and lateral grooves deep, median area broader than long (length 0.12, maximum width 0.18, minimum width 0.06); T2 with a distinctive row of pubescence only at the distal margin. T3 longer than T2 (0.17, 0.12) and with scattered pubescence throughout. Pubescence on hypopygium dense. <b>Cocoons</b> (Fig. 4U). Brown or gray oval cocoon with evenly smooth silk fibers. Cocoons were adhered laterally against the caterpillar's body in rings. Comments. Some females from the same sample as holotype do not exhibit brown-orange petiole at the proximal part; instead the petiole is completely brown. The proximal half of propodeum with rugae at each side of the nucha. Male (Fig. 65 A–J). Similar in coloration to female, although the mesosoma is stouter and more robust than female. Etymology. David (Dave) Schindel is the executive secretary of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL). He works at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA. Distribution. The parasitized caterpillars were collected in Costa Rica, ACG, Sector Cacao (Sendero Guayabal) and Sector Santa Rosa (Área administrative and Bosque Humedo), during June 1993 and January and November 2008 at 290 m, 295 m, and 500 m in dry forest and cloud forest. The adult parasitoids were Malaise-trapped in Costa Rica, ACG, Sector Santa Rosa (Bosque San Emilio), during May 1999 at 300 m in dry forest. Biology. The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is gregarious. Host. <i>Oxydia apidania</i> Cramer (Geometridae: Ennominae) feeding on <i>Inga punctata</i> (Fabaceae), <i>O. vesulia</i> (Cramer) (Fig. 4U) feeding on <i>Spondias purpurea</i>, introduced species, (Anacardiaceae), and <i>Oxydia</i> sp. although food plant was not reported. Caterpillars were collected in third and fifth 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