2006). Interim name provided by the authors. Type locality. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m, 10.92471, -85.46738.Jose L. Fernandez-Triana et al. / ZooKeys 383: 1?65 (2014)Holotype. in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 9.x.2003, 10.92471 , -85.46738 , 1080m, DHJPAR0002988. Paratypes. 6 , 1 (BMNH, CNC, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes:, 03-SRNP-23277, 03-SRNP-23282. Description. Female. Body color: body mostly dark except for some sternites which may be pale. Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, partially pale/partially dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, mostly pale but with dark area dorsally. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. AMG9810 web Pterostigma color: dark with pale spot at base. Fore wing veins color: partially pigmented (a few veins may be dark but most are pale). 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 entrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.5?.6 mm. Fore wing length: 2.5?.6 mm. Ocular cellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.6 or more. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.4?.6. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.0?.2. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4?.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 1.7?.9. Tarsal claws: simple. Metafemur length/width: 2.5 or less. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4?.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with shallow, sparse punctures (separated by more 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?.3. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: partly sculptured, especially on anterior 0.5. Mediotergite 1 length/ width at posterior margin: 4.1 or more. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: more or less fully sculptured with longitudinal striation. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.4?.7. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: inflexible (without a folded, transparent, semi esclerotized area); with no pleats visible. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width at most 2.0 ?posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/INK1117MedChemExpress MLN1117 metatibial length: 0.4?.5. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 1.4?.6. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 0.8 or less. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 1.1?.3. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1?.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: 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. As in female but with darker hind legs (metacoxa, metafemur and most of metatibia fully dark brown). Molecular data. Sequences in BOLD: 12, barcode compliant sequences: 12. Biology/ecology. Gregarious (Fig. 276). Hosts: Crambidae, four species of Desmia and one inexpl.2006). Interim name provided by the authors. Type locality. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m, 10.92471, -85.46738.Jose L. Fernandez-Triana et al. / ZooKeys 383: 1?65 (2014)Holotype. in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 9.x.2003, 10.92471 , -85.46738 , 1080m, DHJPAR0002988. Paratypes. 6 , 1 (BMNH, CNC, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes:, 03-SRNP-23277, 03-SRNP-23282. Description. Female. Body color: body mostly dark except for some sternites which may be pale. Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, partially pale/partially dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, mostly pale but with dark area dorsally. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: dark with pale spot at base. Fore wing veins color: partially pigmented (a few veins may be dark but most are pale). 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 entrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.5?.6 mm. Fore wing length: 2.5?.6 mm. Ocular cellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.6 or more. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.4?.6. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.0?.2. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4?.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 1.7?.9. Tarsal claws: simple. Metafemur length/width: 2.5 or less. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4?.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with shallow, sparse punctures (separated by more 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?.3. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: partly sculptured, especially on anterior 0.5. Mediotergite 1 length/ width at posterior margin: 4.1 or more. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: more or less fully sculptured with longitudinal striation. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.4?.7. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: inflexible (without a folded, transparent, semi esclerotized area); with no pleats visible. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width at most 2.0 ?posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.4?.5. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 1.4?.6. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 0.8 or less. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 1.1?.3. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1?.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: 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. As in female but with darker hind legs (metacoxa, metafemur and most of metatibia fully dark brown). Molecular data. Sequences in BOLD: 12, barcode compliant sequences: 12. Biology/ecology. Gregarious (Fig. 276). Hosts: Crambidae, four species of Desmia and one inexpl.
