Dark, dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, anteriorly dark/posteriorly

Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4?.5. Anteromesoscutum: largely with shallow, dense punctures (separated by much less than 2.0 ?its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly smooth. Variety of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 11 or 12. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.8 or a lot more. Propodeum areola: entirely defined by carinae, such as transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: largely sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.1?.three. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly widening towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: largely sculptured, excavated location centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite two width at posterior margin/length: three.six?.9. Mediotergite two sculpture: with some sculpture, mostly close to posterior margin. Outer margin of Or: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae colour (pro- hypopygium: fnins.2013.00251 having a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi?desclerotized location; ordinarily with four or additional pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about exact same width all through its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 1.2?.3. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.0?.two or 2.3 or extra. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.7?.8. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.5?.six. Pterostigma length/width: three.1?.five. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly outwards, inclined towards fore wing apex. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled. Male. Mediotergite 2 tends to become much less transverse, and mediotergite 1 is rather parallel-sided. Molecular information. Sequences in BOLD: eight, barcode compliant sequences: eight. Biology/ecology. Solitary. Hosts: Crambidae, Palpita venatalis, Pyralidae, Cromarcha stroudagnesia. Distribution. Costa Rica, ACG.Critique of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)...Comments. This species was reared from Palpita venatalis inside of fallen Stemmadenia obovata (Apocynaceae) flowers, and from Cromarcha stroudagnesia mining in Tabebuia ochracea (Bignoniaceae) stems. No proof suggests that the specimens are unique species, thus they may be kept as one particular right here. Based on morphology alone, Apanteles esthercentenoae is very equivalent to Apanteles thurberiae (see comments /width at posterior margin: four.1 or more. Mediotergite 1 shape: largely parallel ided beneath that species). Etym.Dark, dark. Femora colour (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, anteriorly dark/posteriorly pale, dark. Tibiae colour (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: tegula pale, humeral complex half pale/half dark. Pterostigma colour: largely pale and/or transparent, with thin dark borders. Fore wing veins color: mostly white or entirely transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna about provided that body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, a minimum of extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Physique in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso entrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 3.five?.6 mm or three.7?.eight mm. Fore wing journal.pone.0077579 length: three.9?.0 mm. Ocular cellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: two.0?.2. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.4?.6. Antennal flagellomerus two length/width: 2.6?.eight. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.four?.six.