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 6C2E549D-0A59-526B-9DBA-FEC240E9EFB1 Alphomelon guillermopereirai https://zoobank.org/3AFF3D0E-CF69-406F-96A9-F44D53C505C1 Fernandez-Triana & Shimborisp. nov.Figs 34A–G, 35A–F, 36A–G, 96BType material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Jacobo, 10°56'26.88"N, 85°19'3.72"W, 461m; 22.VI.2012; ex: undetermined hesperiid with provisional name “hespJanzen01 Janzen55”; coll. Edwin Apu; Voucher code: DHJPAR0049916; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-81025.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 12 females, 3 males, CNC. Voucher codes: DHJPAR0043075, DHJPAR0043077, DHJPAR0043086, DHJPAR0043087, DHJPAR0047235, DHJPAR0053881, DHJPAR0054794, DHJPAR0054802, DHJPAR0055561, DHJPAR0055293, DHJPAR0055325, CNC308812, CNC704669, CNC1065996, CNCHYM 00017.

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Alphomelonguillermopereirai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0049916 A ovipositor, lateral B habitus, lateral C head, lateral D head, frontal E wings F metasoma, dorsal G mesosoma, dorsal

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/893136Other specimens examined.

Costa Rica • 2 Females, CNC. Voucher codes: DHJPAR0026274, DHJPAR0049249.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG and Peñas Blancas).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Mnasitheus Janzen55, Anthoptusepictetus, Anthoptusinsignis, Anthoptus Burns33, Corticeacorticea, Cymaenesodiliatrebius.

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Alphomelonguillermopereirai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female DHJPAR0054794 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.

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BINBOLD:AAB8584 (but see Notes below).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Guillermo Pereira honor of his 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: with several tergites orange-yellow, some laterotergites and sternites yellow, rest mostly brown. Tarsal claws spines: 4. 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: weakly sculptured along margins. T1 central ridge: marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally. T2 sculpture: weakly sculptured along margins. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.1–4.5 mm. Fore wing length: 4.2–4.5 mm.

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Alphomelonguillermopereirai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female DHJPAR0054802 A head, lateral B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D wings E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal G ovipositor, lateral.

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/893138Notes.

The associated BIN includes at least three (possibly more) species, see further explanations and details under the treatment of Alphomelonmelanoscelis. Two ACG specimens (DHJPAR0026274 and DHJPAR0049249) have a darker coloration (they look similar to A.andydeansi and thus they would end in a different place of the key) and also have different DNA barcodes. They are excluded from the type series.

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Parasite cocoons AAlphomelongloriasihezarae 09-SRNP-45000-DHJ465227 BAlphomelonguillermopereirai 16-SRNP-70422-DHJ732639.

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