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 DE314F46-CF8E-5E61-A536-C7C09BE50292 Alphomelon calixtomoragai https://zoobank.org/2083B0DD-A58D-4741-843D-C409ECEBE2CC Fernandez-Triana & Shimborisp. nov.Figs 15A–F, 93AType material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Vuelta Peligrosa, 11°02'07.22"N, 85°32'11.22"W, 280m; 25.IX.2008; ex. Vettiusaurelius; coll. Roster Moraga; Voucher code: DHJPAR0034186; Host voucher code: 08-SRNP-23629.

Other specimens examined.

Mexico • 1 female, CBG. Voucher code: BIOUG26457-C04.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico.

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Vettiusaurelius.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ADA5721.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Calixto 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: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly dark brown to black but with some laterotergites and sternites yellow. Tarsal claws spines: 2. 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: 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: 4.3 mm. Fore wing length: 4.6 mm.

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Alphomeloncalixtomoragai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR0034186 A habitus, lateral B antenna, lateral C fore wing D head, frontal E head and mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.

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Notes.

The specimen from Mexico (which has an almost complete barcode with 564 bp) is associated with the species because its sequence matches perfectly with the specimen from ACG and the image available in BOLD is also similar. The sequences of A.calixtomoragai and A.petronariosae are comparatively very similar (only 1.28% bp difference) but they have morphological differences (see key) as well as different hosts.

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Parasite cocoons AAlphomeloncalixtomoragai 08-SRNP-23629-DHJ448941 BAlphomeloncarolinacanoae 06-SRNP-45140-DHJ414816.

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