Galeopsomyia miria 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 miria

description: Galeopsomyia miria Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 510, 511, 841)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 841); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 510) 0.9× as long as wide, with submedian grooves diverging towards posterior part, median part with strong reticulation with weak reticulation posteriorly, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with a ±complete median groove; dorsellum without median carina; propodeum (Fig. 510) with a very narrow median carina and with strong reticulation, callus with four setae; gaster (Fig. 510) ovate, 1.5× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt1 with a carina shaped like an inverted U (as in Fig. 26), tergites with strong reticulation; head and mesosoma black with metallic tinges (Figs 510, 511).
Female holotype: length of body 1.4mm (paratype 1.4mm).
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum pale brown. Head black with metallic tinges. Mesoscutum black with metallic purple tinges; mesoscutellum and propodeum black with metallic green tinges. Legs with coxae dark brown, hind coxa with posterior part black; fore trochanter brown, mid and hind trochanters yellowish-brown; femora with basal half dark brown and apical half yellowish-brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown, T4 pale brown. Petiole black. Gaster dark brown; gonoplac brown.
Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong transverse carinae; with a carina between posterior ocelli in posterior part. Occipital margin ±carinate.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with eight adnotaular setae in one row. Mesoscutellum with median part with strong reticulation with weak reticulation posteriorly, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves distinct, straight and diverging towards posterior part; with five setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with weak sculpture, without median carina. Propodeum with a very narrow median carina; with strong reticulation; callus with four setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with two setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row broken.
Petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster ovate; medio-basal Gt1 with a carina shaped like an inverted U; tergites with strong reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 18; head length, frontal view 27; POL 7.5; OOL 4.5; lateral ocellus diameter 3.5; head width 38; mouth width 11; malar space 9.5; eye length 16; scape length 19.5; scape width 2.5; pedicel+flagellum length 37; pedicel length 5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 3; F2 length 5; F2 width 3; F3 length 5; F3 width 3; clava length 14; clava width 3.5; C3 length 5.5; spicule length 1.5; mesosoma length 43; mesosoma width 32; midlobe of mesoscutum length 17.5; mesoscutellum length 15.5; mesoscutellum width 18; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 6.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 7; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 4.5; dorsellum length 2; propodeum length 7; costal cell length 24; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 1.5; marginal vein length 21; stigmal vein length 6; gaster length 51; gaster width 35; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 7; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 13.5; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 3; Gt
7 width (measured at base) 8; longest cercal seta length 10; shortest cercal seta length 4.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, 18km N Liberia, Buena Vista Lodge, 10º48’N, 85º24’W, 770m, 15-17.ii.2016, 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 392-393, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024