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

Mediotergite two width at posterior margin/length: three.6?.9. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: with some sculpture, mostly close to posterior margin. Outer margin of hypopygium: fnins.2013.00251 with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi?desclerotized area; typically with four or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about exact same width throughout its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 1.two?.3. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: two.0?.two or 2.three or much more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.7?.eight. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.5?.six. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1?.5. 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 be much less transverse, and mediotergite 1 is Gth/width: 2.three?.5. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.four?.six. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of rather parallel-sided. Molecular information. Sequences in BOLD: 8, barcode compliant sequences: eight. Biology/ecology. Solitary. Hosts: Crambidae, Palpita venatalis, Pyralidae, Cromarcha stroudagnesia. Distribution. Costa Rica, ACG.Overview 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're kept as one particular right here. Depending on morphology alone, Apanteles esthercentenoae is very .52** (-1.02?0.01) -0.51* (-1.03?.02) six.8th quantile 0.14*** (0.06?.22) 0.06*** (0.03?.09) 0.07 (-0.13?.28) 0.34** (0.02?.67) 0.47*** (0.24?.69) 0.17 (-0.14?.47) 0.47*** (0.14?.80) 0.66** (0.14?.17) 0.55** (0.09?.01) -0.03 (-0.14?.08) -0.05 (- similar to Apanteles thurberiae (see comments below that species). Etym.Dark, dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, anteriorly dark/posteriorly pale, dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complicated colour: tegula pale, humeral complicated half pale/half dark. Pterostigma color: mostly pale and/or transparent, with thin dark borders. Fore wing veins color: mostly white or completely transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna about provided that physique (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Physique in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso entrally. Physique length (head to apex of metasoma): three.5?.6 mm or 3.7?.8 mm. Fore wing journal.pone.0077579 length: three.9?.0 mm. Ocular cellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: two.0?.two. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.four?.6. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: two.6?.8. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.four?.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0?.2. Tarsal claws: with single basal spine ike seta. Metafemur length/width: three.0?.1. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.four?.5. Anteromesoscutum: mainly with shallow, dense punctures (separated by significantly less than 2.0 ?its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: largely smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 11 or 12. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.eight or more. Propodeum areola: fully defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.1?.3. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly widening towards posterior margin.