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 367B6121-5F1B-5222-A774-AE91424A4943 Alphomelon arecaphile Deans, 2003Figs 4A–F, 5A–F, 6A–G, 7A–C, 92ADistribution.

Brazil (PA), Costa Rica (ACG); collected in intermediate altitude rainforest sites.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Carystoidesbasoches and Synalecynaxa.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB1086.

Other specimens examined.

(14 females, 4 males). DHJPAR0050978, CNC1802029, CNC1802030, CNC1802031, CNC1802032, CNC1802033, CNC1802034, CNC1802035, CNC1802036, DHJPAR0053712, DHJPAR0026445, DHJPAR0047100, CNC280512, CNC704668, CNC704667, CNC704664, CNC704665, CNC704666.

Notes.

This species was keyed out by Deans et al. (2003) in an incorrect way, as it has one spine on the tarsal claws but it was keyed out through the second half of their couplet 11, which stated “tarsal claws with 2–4 spines” (Deans et al. 2003: 7). Here we have keyed out the species based on the correct assessment of this character. A few specimens may have some veins in the fore wing more pale in color, but otherwise they fit very well with the rest of the characters (including biology, molecular and other morphological features).

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Alphomelonarecaphile Deans female CNC280512 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D antenna, lateral E mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.

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Alphomelonarecaphile Deans female CNC704666 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, fronto-lateral E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

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Alphomelonarecaphile Deans female DHJPAR0053712 A hind leg B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D wings E mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal G ovipositor, lateral.

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Alphomelonarecaphile Deans holotype female USNMENT00828294 A habitus, lateral B habitus, dorsal C close-up of habitus, lateral.

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Parasite cocoons AAlphomelonarecaphile 16-SRNP-70716-DHJ732874 BAlphomelonbromeliphile 06-SRNP-60114-DHJ419211.

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/893194DeansARWhitfieldJBJanzenDH (2003) Taxonomy and natural history of the Microgastrinae genus Alphomelon Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Journal of Hymenoptera Research12(1): 1–41. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/32897