Galeopsomyia azofeifai 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 azofeifai

description: Galeopsomyia azofeifai Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 56, 57, 693)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 693); genal carina absent; mesoscutum (Fig. 56) with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric, midlobe without median groove; mesoscutellum (Fig. 56) with median part with rather strong reticulation and shiny, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves ±distinct, slightly curved and diverging towards posterior part; hind coxa with a carina along posterior margin; gaster (Fig. 56) 2.8× as long as wide, with Gt 2 very short, 0.06× as long as Gt 4, medio-basal Gt 1 without transverse carina or edge dorsally, Gt 1-2 with weak reticulation and shiny in posterior half, remaining tergites with strong reticulation; mesosoma bright metallic bluish-green (Figs 56, 57).
Female holotype: length of body 2.7mm.
Scape and pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellum dark brown. Head with frons metallic bluish-green, clypeus dark brown, antennal scrobes black; vertex metallic bluish-purple. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum metallic bluish-green, propodeum metallic blue. Legs with fore coxa black with metallic blue tinges, mid coxa black, hind coxa metallic bluish-green; trochanters pale brown; femora black with metallic blue tinges and with apex yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 brown. Petiole black. Gaster metallic bluish-green; gonoplac black.
Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; without genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric; midlobe without median groove, with eight scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with median part with rather strong reticulation and shiny, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves ±distinct, slightly curved and diverging towards posterior part. Dorsellum with strong sculpture. Propodeum with a strong median carina that expands in posterior part; 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 five setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below and towards base of wing; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 without transverse edge or carina dorsally, Gt 1-2 with weak reticulation and shiny, remaining tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 26; head length, frontal view 40; POL 11.5; OOL 6; lateral ocellus diameter 5.5; head width 56; mouth width 18; malar space 14; eye length 23.5; scape length 19; scape width 5; pedicel+flagellum length 51; pedicel length 8; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 8; F1 width 4.5; F2 length 8; F2 width 5; F3 length 7; F3 width 5; clava length 17.5; clava width 5.5; C3 length 6.5; spicule length 2; mesosoma length 69; mesosoma width 51; midlobe of mesoscutum length 27; mesoscutellum length 24; mesoscutellum width 25; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part11.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 13; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 4.5; dorsellum length 2.5; propodeum length 9; costal cell length 34; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3; marginal vein length 32; stigmal vein length 11; gaster length 113; gaster width 41; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 2; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 32; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 10; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 13; 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, Cerro Mueller, LS 273200_ 521500, 744m, 6.xi.2001, J. Azofeifa (NHMUK).
Etymology. Named in honour of Antonio (Tonio) Azofeifa, former parataxonomist at INBio and collector of material of this and many other Costa Rican Eulophidae.
Remarks. The holotype lacks C2&3 on right antenna.
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 69-71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024