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

B3583096-3978-58F4-A3AA-8C6720B7740E

Alphomelon

hazelcambroneroae

https://zoobank.org/2E74C6CB-79A4-4331-BF7C-1C9D927D6C30

Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori

sp. nov.

Figs 37A–F, 38A–F, 39A–E, 97A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10°59'15.29"N, 85°25'10.81"W, 680m; 11.II.2013, ex. Cyneamegalops; coll. Manuel Rios; Voucher code: CNC308813; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-30331.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 30 females, 3 males, CNC; DHJPAR0051805, DHJPAR0054746, DHJPAR0030704, DHJPAR0030714, CNC308819, CNC308820, CNC308821, CNC308822, CNC308823, CNC308824, CNC308825, CNC308826, CNC308817, CNC308818, CNC308814, CNC308815, CNC308816 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0053717, DHJPAR0050981, CNC308827, CNC308828, CNC308829, CNC308830, CNC308831 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0050090, CNC308832, CNC308833, CNC308834 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0026885, DHJPAR0048159, DHJPAR0053774, CNC308835, CNC308836.

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Figure 37.

Alphomelonhazelcambroneroae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female CNC308813 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F metasoma, lateral.

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Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Calpodesfusta, C.severus, Cyneaanthracinus, C.cynea, C.irma, C.megalops, Cynea Burns02, Cynea Burns04, Cynea Burns05, Cynea Burns06, CyneaCynea Burns11, Rhinthonmolion, and R.osca.

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Figure 38.

Alphomelonhazelcambroneroae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female CNC308824 A habitus, lateral B head, fronto-lateral C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, lateral.

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DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAA6775.

Etymology.

Named after Sra. Hazel Cambronero 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 or 4. 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: weakly sculptured along margins (but some specimens, including holotype, with T1 mostly smooth). T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.7–4.4 mm. Fore wing length: 3.9–4.4 mm.

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Figure 39.

Alphomelonhazelcambroneroae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori paratype female DHJPAR0051805 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D metasoma, dorsal E head and mesosoma, dorsal.

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/893141

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Figure 97.

Parasite cocoons AAlphomelonhazelcambroneroae 17-SRNP-27155-DHJ731343 BAlphomelonjosecortesi 15-SRNP-32024-DHJ728940.

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