Type material.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Hymenoptera

Braconidae

Fernandez-Triana

Jose L.

Shimbori

Eduardo M.

Whitfield

James B.

Penteado-Dias

Angelica M.

Shaw

Scott R.

Boudreault

Caroline

Sones

Jayme

Perez

Kate

Brown

Allison

Manjunath

Ramya

Burns

John M.

Hebert

P. D. N.

Smith

M. Alex

Hallwachs

Winnifred

Janzen

Daniel H.

A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus

Alphomelon

Mason with the description of 30 new species (

Hymenoptera

Braconidae

)

Zookeys1608202311755162

10.3897/zookeys.1175.105068

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Alphomelon

diniamartinezae

https://zoobank.org/DEEBC1C0-880A-4541-B5F6-451D04AB1D3D

Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori

sp. nov.

Figs 26A–F, 94B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Laureles, 10°55'59.48"N, 85°15'12.06"W, 95m; 21.X.2006; ex. Niconiadesincomptus; coll. Anabelle Cordoba; Voucher code: DHJPAR0012804; Host voucher code: 06-SRNP-43998.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 2 females, 1 male, CNC; CNC1180084, CNC1180085, CNC1180086.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Niconiadesincomptus.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAE2209.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Srta. Dinia Martínez in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5× its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: absent. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 2.5–2.8mm. Fore wing length: 2.6–2.8 mm.

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Figure 26.

Alphomelondiniamartinezae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0012804 A head, frontal B head, lateral C habitus, lateral D fore wing E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

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Figure 94.

Parasite cocoons AAlphomelonchristerhanssoni 16-SRNP-65052-DHJ488258 BAlphomelondiniamartinezae 15-SRNP-30195-DHJ803603.

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