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 2E7C9461-0B2D-5F1C-A88A-517A8D611E95 Alphomelon rostermoragai https://zoobank.org/3ED44A5B-B7B5-4312-98CD-84320011E29D Fernandez-Triana & Shimborisp. nov.Fig. 74A–EType material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estacion Los Almendros, 11°01'56.14"N, 85°31'39.94"W, 290m; 28.XII.2011; ex. Vettiusaurelius; coll. Elieth Cantillano; Voucher code: DHJPAR0049074; Host voucher code: 11-SRNP-23685.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Tigasissimplex and Vettiusaurelius.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ACB1223.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Roster Moraga 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: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.6 mm. Fore wing length: 3.7 mm.

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Alphomelonrostermoragai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0049074 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

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