Galeopsomyia kateperezae 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 kateperezae

description: Galeopsomyia kateperezae Hansson sp.nov.
(Figs 442, 443, 979, 1080)
Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 1080); genal carina present; mesoscutellum (Fig. 442) with submedian grooves with outer margin indistinct, median part with weak reticulation and shiny, lateral parts rugose, with a very weak but ±complete median groove; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum (Fig. 442) with strong irregular carinae and strong reticulation, callus with eight setae; petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part; gaster (Fig. 442) 1.7× as long as wide with apex pointed, medio-basal Gt1 with longitudinal carinae, tergites with rather strong reticulation.
Female holotype: length of body 2.1mm (paratype 2.0mm).
Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum dark brown. Head with frons golden-green, scrobes black, clypeus dark brown; vertex golden-green. Mesosoma golden-green. Legs with coxae golden-green; trochanters yellowish-brown; femora dark brown in basal half and yellowish-brown in apical half; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt1 and Gt4-7 golden green, Gt2-3 black dorsally and golden-green on lateral parts; gonoplac dark brown.
Antenna with a weak constricition between C1 and C2. Face below level of toruli with strong reticulation, clypeal area smooth, frons rugose, scrobes with weak reticulation; with short genal carina. Vertex with strong wrinkled sculpture. Occipital margin with a carina behind ocellar triangle, rounded lateral to ocellar triangle.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes on sidelobes isodiametric, meshes elongate on midlobe, midlobe rugose on parts close to notauli, with a median groove in posterior half; midlobe with 15 setae on rugose parts. Mesoscutellum with outer margin of submedian grooves absent, median part with weak reticulation and with a very weak median groove, lateral parts rugose, with 12 setae. Dorsellum with strong reticulation, with median carina. Propodeum with a wide median carina that expands in posterior part; with strong irregular carinae and strong reticulation; callus with eight setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with five setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open towards base of wing; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole transverse with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster ovate; medio-basal Gt1 with four longitudinal carinae; tergites with weak reticulation; gonoplac with apex pointed.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 26; head length, frontal view 46; POL 12; OOL 5.5; lateral ocellus diameter 6; head width 56; mouth width 20; malar space 15; eye length 26; scape length 21; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 56; pedicel length 8; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 10.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 10; F2 width 5; F3 length 9; F3 width 5; clava length 18; clava width 6; C3 length 6; spicule length 1.5; mesosoma length 75; mesosoma width 53; midlobe of mesoscutum length 32; mesoscutellum length 27; mesoscutellum width 27; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 9; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 10; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 11.5; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 6; dorsellum length 6; propodeum length 12; costal cell length 35; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3; marginal vein length 28; stigmal vein length 12; gaster length 85; gaster width 51; Gt2 length (measured medially) 11; Gt4 length (measured medially) 17; Gt7 length (measured medially) 9; Gt7 width (measured at base) 17; longest cercal seta length 14; shortest cercal seta length 6. Male. Length of body of body 1.8mm.
Antenna (Fig. 979) with scape slightly expanding towards apex; plaque dark brown and situated close to apex; dorso-basal whorls of long setae present. Gaster short ovate. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 23; head length, frontal view 40; head width 53; mouth width 19; malar space 11; eye length 24; scape length 18; scape width 6; plaque length 12; pedicel length 7; pedicel+flagellum length 78; F1 length 6; F1 width 5; F2 length 10; F2 width 5; F3 length 12; F3 width 5; F4 length 12; F4 width 5; clava length 30; clava width 4; mesosoma length 70; mesosoma width 45; gaster length 63; gaster width 36; longest subbasal seta on F1, length 29.
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
Material examined.
Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion, Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Pailas Dos PL 12-3, 10º75’N, 85º33’W, 820m, 25.i-1.ii.2018, D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs (barcoded specimen: BIOUG57531-F10) (MZLU). Paratypes (MZLU, NHMUK): 1♀ 2♂ from same locality as holotype but collected 26.i-2.ii. 2017, 10-17.v. 2018, 10-17.i. 2019.
Etymology. Named in honour of Kate Perez in recognition of her years of dedicated management of Costa Rica’s data at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Ontario, Canada.
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 346-347, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8372024