Apanteles joseperezi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 59, 252

Apanteles Rodriguez31 (Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 1150m, 10.92691, -85.46822.

Holotype .

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 01/04/2001, Mariano Pereira. 2. 01-SRNP-6002, Noctuana lactifera, Heliocarpus americanus . 3. DHJPAR0003990.

Paratypes.

18 ♀, 6 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: 01-SRNP-6002, 01-SRNP-6003, 01-SRNP-6012, 01-SRNP-7360, 01-SRNP-21077, 02-SRNP-23921, DHJPAR0001579.

Description.

Female. Body color: body mostly dark except for some sternites which may be pale. Antenna color: scape, pedicel, and flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): dark, dark, dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both dark. Pterostigma color: dark or mostly dark, with small pale area centrally. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). Antenna length/body length: antenna shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally . Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.9-3.0 mm or 3.1-3.2 mm. Fore wing length: 3.1-3.2 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.3-2.5. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7-1.9. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.3-2.5. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0-2.2. Tarsal claws: with two basal spine–like setae. Metafemur length/width: 3.0-3.1. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.6-0.7. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 × its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: with punctures near margins, central part mostly smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 7 or 8, rarely 9 or 10. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4-0.5. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.6-2.8 or 2.9-3.1. Mediotergite 1 shape: mostly parallel–sided for 0.5-0.7 of its length, then narrowing posteriorly so mediotergite anterior width>1.1 × posterior width or slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7-0.8 mediotergite length (where maximum width is reached), then narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly sculptured, excavated area centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.8-3.1 or 3.2-3.5. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: inflexible (without a folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area); with no pleats visible. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width 3.0-5.0 × posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9, rarely 1.0-1.1. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.3 or more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.1-1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 1.1-1.3. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1-3.5. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: more or less perpendicular to fore wing margin. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.

Male . Similar to female.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 6, barcode compliant sequences: 5.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 252). Host: Hesperiidae, Noctuana lactifera .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to José Perez in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos and Estación Biológica Caribe of ACG.