Apanteles ivonnetranae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 33

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Quebrada Escondida, 420m, 10.89928, -85.27486.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0045176. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Quebrada Escondida, 17.vi.2011, 10.89928 N, -85.27486 W, 420m, DHJPAR0045176. 3. Voucher: D.H.Janzen & W.Hallwachs, DB: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, COSTA RICA, 11-SRNP-42893.

Paratypes.

16 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG database codes 11-SRNP-42893.

Description.

Female. Body color: head dark, mesosoma dark with parts of axillar complex pale, metasoma with some mediotergites, most laterotergites, sternites, and/or hypopygium pale. Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, pale. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, mostly pale but with dark area dorsally. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, mostly pale but with posterior 0.2 or less dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: mostly dark, with small pale area centrally. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length . Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally . Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.7-2.8 mm. Fore wing length: 2.9-3.0 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.3-2.5. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.6-2.8. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0-2.2. Tarsal claws: with single basal spine–like seta. Metafemur length/width: 3.0-3.1. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4-0.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 × its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 9 or 10. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.2-0.3. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.5. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly 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: 4.0-4.3. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area; usually with 4 or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about same width throughout its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 1.1-1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.9-2.0. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 3.6 or more. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly outwards, inclined towards fore wing apex. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: strongly angulated, sometimes with a knob.

Male. The only specimen available for study has metacoxa almost complete brown (fully white-yellow in females), and metafemur and metatibia are darker in coloration.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 1, barcode compliant sequences: 1.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious. Host: Tortricidae, Anacrusis nephrodes .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Ivonne Traña in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Comedor in Puesto Pocosol.