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 80288B33-2FCA-5659-AE3A-1AF00100D211 Alphomelon osvaldoespinozai https://zoobank.org/6B41A1F1-B010-4CD7-B9DF-5C42D6469BCA Fernandez-Triana & Shimborisp. nov.Figs 58A–E, 101AType material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Garzasol, 10°53'47.98"N, 85°17'24.11"W, 400m; 21.III.2007; ex. Vettiuspica; coll. Jose Perez; Voucher code: DHJPAR0030952; Host voucher code: 07-SRNP-40735.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 3 females, 2 males, CNC; CNC1179920 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0030884, DHJPAR0031005, DHJPAR0038181, CNC1180004.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Enosisimmaculata, Eutychideochus, Oxynthescorusca, Parphorusdecora, Psoralis Janzen38, Vettiuspica, and an unidentified hesperiid with provisional name “hespJanzen01 Janzen60”.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAJ2207.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Osvaldo Espinoza in honor of his decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: white/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. 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: marked by weak carina. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.8–4.7 mm. Fore wing length: 3.9–4.6 mm.

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Alphomelonosvaldoespinozai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0030952 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

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Parasite cocoons AAlphomelonosvaldoespinozai 08-SRNP-72533-DHJ447339 BAlphomelonpetronariosae 15-SRNP-71861-DHJ727939.

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