Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae Fernandez-TrianaJose L.ShimboriEduardo M.WhitfieldJames B.Penteado-DiasAngelica M.ShawScott R.BoudreaultCarolineSonesJaymePerezKateBrownAllisonManjunathRamyaBurnsJohn M.HebertP. D. N.SmithM. AlexHallwachsWinnifredJanzenDaniel H.A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)Zookeys160820231175516210.3897/zookeys.1175.105068 8B2A322B-23E5-5851-8ECF-F97C7C3FDFB7 Alphomelon eliethcantillanoae https://zoobank.org/E0172A4B-A32D-4500-BCAD-60D76DBDD1D8 Fernandez-Triana & Shimborisp. nov.Fig. 32A–EType material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Cano, 10°59'43.44"N, 85°23'59.28"W, 490m; 9.X.2008; ex. Nisoniadescastolus; coll. Ronald Siezar; Voucher code: DHJPAR0031004; Host voucher code: 08-SRNP-72663.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Nisoniadescastolus on Lepidaploatortuosa (Asteraceae).

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAC7653.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Elieth Cantillano in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 1. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0× its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: weakly sculptured along margins. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.9 mm. Fore wing length: 4.0 mm.

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Alphomeloneliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0031004 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

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