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9B47FB404457FFA0FF65899A449FF0A3.text	9B47FB404457FFA0FF65899A449FF0A3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus Haliday 1835	<div><p>Key for the Neotropical species of the genus Meteorus parasitoids of caterpillars of Arctiinae</p> <p>(Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae)</p> <p>1. Notauli deeply impressed and distinct (Fig 30).............................................................. 2</p> <p>- Notauli shallow and not distinct (Fig. 7).................................................................... 3</p> <p>2(1). Ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along anterior ½ of segment, pronotum orange, wings hyaline...................................................................................... M. mirandae n. sp. (Figs. 19–22)</p> <p>- Ventral borders of first tergite separated basally and joined apically, pronotum black, wings infuscated.............................................................................................. M. oreo Jones (Figs. 29 and 30)</p> <p>3(1). Occipital carina incomplete dorsomedially.................................................................. 4</p> <p>- Occipital carina complete dorsomedially................................................................... 5</p> <p>4(3). Mesonotal lobes black-dark brown; notauli, scutellum and area between lobes, yellow; mesopleuron laterally yellow, ventrally dark brown.................................................................... M. juliae n. sp. (Figs. 13–16)</p> <p>- Mesonotal lobes and mesopleuron totally yellow............................................................. 6</p> <p>5(3). Propodeum orange or yellow............................................................................ 7</p> <p>- Propodeum black-dark brown or ferruginous................................................................8</p> <p>6(4). Vein m-cu of forewing antefurcal, head height 1.4–1.5 x eye height, ovipositor length 1.7–1.8 x first tergite length........................................................................................ M. margarita Jones (Fig. 28)</p> <p>- Vein m-cu of forewing interstitial, head height 1.6–1.7 x eye height, ovipositor length 2–2.2 x first tergite length...................................................................................... M. quasifabatus Jones (Fig. 32)</p> <p>7(5). Mandibles twisted, temple length 0.3–0.5 x eye length in dorsal view, ocellus ocular distance 0.8–1.2 x ocellar diameter................................................................................ M. laphygmae Viereck (Fig. 27)</p> <p>- Mandibles moderately twisted, temple length 0.6–0.7 x eye length in dorsal view, ocellus ocular distance 1.4 x ocellar diameter............................................................................ M. porcatus Jones (Fig. 31)</p> <p>8(5). Tarsal claw simple, longitudinal and transversal carinae on propodeum present... M cecavorum Aguirre &amp; Shaw (Figs. 5–8)</p> <p>- Tarsal claw with a large lobe, longitudinal and transversal carinae on propodeum absent.............................. 9</p> <p>9(8). Pronotum, mesonotum, mesopleuron and metapleuron mostly ferruginous............. M. arizonensis Muesebeck (Fig. 26)</p> <p>- Pronotum dorsally black, ventrally yellow; mesonotum mostly black-dark brown; mesopleuron and metapleuron mostly yellow............................................................................ M. anuae n. sp. (Figs. 1–4)</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B47FB404457FFA0FF65899A449FF0A3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Aguirre, Helmuth;Shaw, Scott R.	Aguirre, Helmuth, Shaw, Scott R. (2014): Neotropical species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) parasitizing Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae). Zootaxa 3779 (3): 353-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.3
9B47FB404457FFA2FF658D274555F317.text	9B47FB404457FFA2FF658D274555F317.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus anuae Aguirre & Shaw 2014	<div><p>Meteorus anuae Aguirre &amp; Shaw n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–4)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Mandibles twisted, occipital carina complete, notauli not distinctive, mesonotum mostly black-dark brown, pronotum dorsally black and ventrally yellow, propodeum aerolate-rugose, tarsal claw with large lobe, vein m-cu of forewing antefurcal, propodeum aerolate-rugose, dorsope and laterope absent, T1 totally black, ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along 1/2 of segment.</p> <p>Body color. Antenna dark brown; annulus absent; head orange except vertex, occiput and area between ocelli dark brown; propleuron orange-yellow; pronotum dorsally black, ventrally yellow; mesonotum black-dark brown except a faint patch on the anterior part of the median mesonotal lobe and scutellum light brown; mesopleuron yellow except the area close to the tegula dark brown; metapleuron yellow; propodeum black-dark brown; prothoracic legs yellow except tarsus light brown; mesothoracic legs with coxa, trochanter, trochantellus, femur and tibia yellow; tarsus light brown; metathoracic legs with coxa yellow basally and brown apically, trochanter and trochantellus yellow, femur yellow except brown apically, tibia and tarsus brown; T1 black; T2–T3 black except a small patch near the anterior border of T2; T4 dark brown basally and yellow apically; remaining terga yellow; sterna yellow; wings hyaline.</p> <p>Body length. 4 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 29 flagellomeres; flagellar length/width ratios as follows: F1 = 3, F2 = 2.6, F3 = 2.4, F 27 = 1.7, F 28 = 1.7. F 29 = 2.7; head 1.2 x wider than high; occipital carina complete; ocelli ocular distance 0.8 x ocellar diameter; head height 1.4 x eye height; temples length 0.6 x eyes length in dorsal view; vertex in dorsal view not descending vertically behind the lateral ocelli; frons smooth and polished; maximum face width 1.2 x minimum face width; face strigulate; minimum face width equal to clypeus width; clypeus strigulate; malar space lenght 0.5 x mandible width basally; mandibles twisted.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum in lateral view carinate and rugose; propleuron smooth; notauli not distinctive and rugose; mesonotal lobes not well defined; central lobe of mesoscutum puncticulate; scutellar furrow with five distinctive carinae; mesopleuron smooth and polished; sternaulus long, narrow and rugose; metapleuron rugulose; propodeum aerolate-rugose; longitudinal and transversal carinae on propodeum absent; median depression on propodeum absent.</p> <p>Legs. Hind coxa strigate; tarsal claw with large lobe.</p> <p>Wings. Wing length 3.7 mm; second submarginal cell of forewing not strongly narrowed anteriorly; length of vein r 0.9 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 3RSa equal to length of rm; length of vein m-cu of forewing antefurcal; length of vein 1M 1.3 x length of cu-a; length of vein 1M 0.9 x length of 1r-m.</p> <p>Metasoma. Dorsope and laterope absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along 1/2 of segment; first tergite with costae parallel; ovipositor 1.6 x longer than first tergite; ovipositor shape thickened basally and sinuous.</p> <p>Cocoon. Unknown.</p> <p>Female variation. Body length 3.5-4 mm; maximum face width 1.1–1.2 x minimum face width; ocelli ocular distance 0.8–1 x ocellar diameter; vein r 0.6–0.9 x length of 3Rsa; vein 3RSa 0.9–1 x length of rm; ovipositor 1.6– 1.7 x longer than first tergite.</p> <p>Male variation. Head orange except area between ocelli black; propleuron completely yellow; prothoracic legs yellow; mesothoracic legs yellow; T2–T4 brown laterally and yellow medially, T5–T8 yellow or light brown; minimum face width 1.2 x clypeus width; malar space length 0.7 x mandible width basally.</p> <p>Comments. M. anuae resembles M. juliae in having the following combination of characters: mandibles twisted, notauli not distinctive, propodeum aerolate rugose, tarsal with large lobe, dorsope and laterope absent, and ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along ½ of segment. However, M. anuae differs from M. juliae by having vertex and occiput dark brown (orange in M. juliae), pronotum dorsally black (completely yellow in M. juliae), mesopleuron yellow ventrally (black-dark brown in M. juliae), antenna with 29 flagellomeres (31–32 in M. juliae), occipital carina complete and vein m-cu of forewing antefurcal (intersticial in M. juliae).</p> <p>Holotype. Female (point mounted) ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 3 June 2010 as cocoon, host: larva of Arctiinae on Boehmeria pavonni Wedd. (Urticaceae), parasitoid emerged 24 June 2010, YY 48650 (rearing code). Deposited at UWIM.</p> <p>Paratypes. Seven females and seven males, same data as the holotype. Deposited at UWIM.</p> <p>Distribution. ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, High Andean Cloud Forest, 2163 m.</p> <p>Biology. Reared from cocoons associated with an arctiine larva on Boehmeria pavonni (Urticaceae). Based on the collecting and emergence dates, the duration of the pupal stage is 21 days.</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named after our entomologist colleague Anu Veijalainen whose research has centered on the overwhelming diversity and biogeography of Ichneumonidae of Peru.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B47FB404457FFA2FF658D274555F317	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Aguirre, Helmuth;Shaw, Scott R.	Aguirre, Helmuth, Shaw, Scott R. (2014): Neotropical species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) parasitizing Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae). Zootaxa 3779 (3): 353-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.3
9B47FB404455FFA4FF658FB84273F31E.text	9B47FB404455FFA4FF658FB84273F31E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus cecavorum Aguirre & Shaw 2011	<div><p>Meteorus cecavorum Aguirre &amp; Shaw 2011</p> <p>(Figs. 5–8)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Mandible strongly twisted; occipital carina complete; wings hyaline; propodeum carinate-rugose; hind coxa strigate; tarsal claw simple; dorsopes and lateropes absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along basal 1⁄2 of segment; short ovipositor; body mostly black-dark brown.</p> <p>Cocoon (Figs. 11–12). Length 4.5 mm; width 2 mm; brown with cap’s apex silver; oval-shape, densely wrapped by silk, anterior end rounded, posterior end nipple-shaped, emergence hole border neat; 23 cocoons attached by their individual threads to an axial and thicker rope-like thread.</p> <p>Description of the male. Body length 4.2–4.5 mm; antenna with 29–31 flagellomeres; ocelli ocular distance 1.2–1.6 x ocellar diameter; head height 1.5–1.6 x eye height; temples length 0.6–0.7 x eyes length in dorsal view; frons rugulose or smooth and polished; minimum face width 1.2–1.5 x clypeus width; malar space length 0.8–1.2 x mandible width basally; central lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate or coarsely rugulose; scutellar furrow with three or four carinae; median depression weakly present or absent; length of vein r 0.5–0.6 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 3RSa 0.8–0.9 x length of rm; vein m-cu antefurcal, postfurcal or intersticial; length of vein 1M 1.2–1.4 x length of cu-a; length of vein 1M 1.1–1.3 x length of 1r-m; first tergite with costae parallel or with costae convergent. The original description was based just on females. Except for the obvious lacks of an ovipositor, there is no significant difference between males and females.</p> <p>Comments. M. cecavorum is morphologically close to M. coffeatus Zitani 1998, but differs in having mandibles twisted (mandibles moderately twisted in M. coffeatus), notauli not distinct and rugose (notauli distinct and linear in M. coffeatus), hind coxa strigate (punctate and polished in M. coffeatus), ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along basal 1⁄2 of segment (ventral borders of first tergite separated basally, joined apically in M. coffeatus).</p> <p>Distribution. M. cecavorum was previously recorded from Colombia, Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park, at subandean and andean wet forests, 1700–2200 m altitude. The new record from Yanayacu, at the Napo province of Ecuador, seems to indicate a distribution across to Andean cloud forests.</p> <p>Biology (Figs. 9–10). Reared from an Arctiinae third instar larva feeding on Passiflora sp. (Passifloraceae).</p> <p>Material examined. 1 female, 2 males, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, Camino a Sierra Azul, collected 23 April 2009 as 3 th instar larva parasitoid of Arctiinae on Passiflora sp. (Passifloraceae), parasitoid pupated 22 May 2009, parasitoid emerged 12 June 2009, YY 38424 (rearing code). 18 females, 5 males, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 22 August 2009 as cocoon on Piper baezanum (Piperaceae), parasitoid emerged 12 September 2009, YY 41887 (rearing code). Deposited at UWIM.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B47FB404455FFA4FF658FB84273F31E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Aguirre, Helmuth;Shaw, Scott R.	Aguirre, Helmuth, Shaw, Scott R. (2014): Neotropical species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) parasitizing Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae). Zootaxa 3779 (3): 353-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.3
9B47FB404453FFA6FF658FD8445EF102.text	9B47FB404453FFA6FF658FD8445EF102.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus juliae Aguirre & Shaw 2014	<div><p>Meteorus juliae Aguirre &amp; Shaw n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs. 13–16)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Mandibles twisted, occipital carina incomplete, ocelli ocular distance equal to ocellar diameter, vertex in dorsal view descending vertically behind the lateral ocelli, notauli not distinctive, vein m-cu of forewing intersticial, tarsal claw with large lobe, propodeum aerolate and rugose, dorsope and laterope absent, T1 totally black, ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along 1/2 of segment.</p> <p>Body color. Antenna dark brown; annulus absent; head orange except area between ocelli black; propleuron yellow; pronotum yellow; mesonotal lobes black-dark brown; notauli, scutellum and area between lobes yellow; mesopleuron medially yellow, ventrally black-dark brown; metapleuron yellow; propodeum black; prothoracic legs yellow; mesothoracic legs yellow except trochantellus dark-brown; metathoracic legs with coxa yellow basally and dark brown apically, trochanter yellow basally and brown apically, trochantellus brown, femur yellow except brown apically, tibia and tarsus light brown; T1 black; T2–T8 black-dark brown; sterna yellow-cream; wings hyaline.</p> <p>Body length. 4.4 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 31 flagellomeres; flagellar length/width ratios as follows: F1 = 2.7, F2 = 2.7, F3 = 2.3, F29 = 2, F30 = 2.4, F31 = 4.5; head 1.2 x wider than high; occipital carina incomplete; ocelli ocular distance equal to ocellar diameter; head height 1.4 x eye height; temples length 0.6 x eyes length in dorsal view; vertex in dorsal view descending vertically behind the lateral ocelli; frons smooth and polished; maximum face width 1.1 x minimum face width; face strigulate; minimum face width 1.1 x clypeus width; clypeus strigulate; malar space length 0.6 x mandible width basally; mandibles twisted.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum in lateral view carinate and rugose; propleuron with disperse punctures; notauli not distinctive; notauli rugose with a pronounced longitudinal carina; mesonotal lobes not well defined; central lobe of mesoscutum rugulose with a faint longitudinal carina; scutellar furrow with three clearly marked carinae; mesopleuron punctate; sternaulus long, narrow and carinate-foveate; metapleuron rugulose; propodeum aerolaterugose; longitudinal and transversal carinae on propodeum absent; median depression on propodeum absent;</p> <p>Legs. Hind coxa strigate and punctate; tarsal claw with large lobe;</p> <p>Wings. Wing length 4 mm; second submarginal cell of forewing not strongly narrowed anteriorly; length of vein r 0.7 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 3RSa 0.8 x length of rm; vein m-cu of forewing intersticial; length of vein 1M 1.5 x length of cu-a; length of vein 1M 0.9 x length of 1r-m.</p> <p>Metasoma. Dorsope and laterope absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along 1/2 of segment; first tergite with costae parallel; ovipositor 1.3 x longer than first tergite; ovipositor thickened basally and sinuous.</p> <p>Cocoon (Fig. 18). Length 5.5 mm; width 2.1 mm; honey-brown translucent except apex cap golden. Cocoons loosely clumped around an axis composed of twisted shared suspending threads. The thread is approximately 2.5 cm long. Each cocoon is elongate-oval, loosely wrapped by silk, the edge of the emergence hole and the cap is smooth and neat, the posterior end is nipple-shaped.</p> <p>Female variation. Antenna with 31-32 flagellomeres; head 1.1–1.2 x wider than high; maximum face width 1.1–1.2 x minimum face width; malar space length 0.6–0.8 x mandible width basally; length of vein r 0.6–0.8 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 1M 1.2–1.5 x length of cu-a; wing length 4–4.3 mm; ovipositor 1.3–1.6 x longer than first tergite.</p> <p>Male variation. Prothoracic legs yellow except telotarsus brown; mesothoracic legs yellow except trochantellus and telotarsus brown; body length 4.2 mm.</p> <p>Comments. M. juliae shares with M. quasifabatus and M. anuae the following combination of characters: mandibles twisted, notauli not distinctive, tarsal with large lobe, dorsope and laterope absent, and ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along ½ of segment. M. juliae can be easily separated from M. quasifabatus by having mesonotal lobes dark brown (yellow in M. quasifabatus), antenna with 31–32 flagellomeres (29 in M. quasifabatus), ocelli ocular distance equal to ocellar diameter (1.3–1.6 x in M. quasifabatus), head height 1.4 x eye height (1.6–1.7 x in M. quasifabatus), ovipositor 1.3–1.6 x longer than first tergite (2–2.2 x in M. quasifabatus). M. juliae can be differentiated from M. anuae by having antenna with 31–32 flagellomeres (29 in M. anuae), occipital carina incomplete, malar space length 0.6–0.8 x mandible width basally (0.5 x in M. anuae) and vein m-cu of forewing intersticial (antefurcal in M. anuae).</p> <p>Holotype. Female (point mounted), ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9’ W 77°53.4’, 2163 m, host collected 4 March 2010, as parasitoid of Arctiinae larva 3 th instar on Dendrophorbium iloense (Hieron.) C. Jeffrey (Asteraceae), pupated 10 March 2010, adult parasitoid emerged 29 March 2010, YY 45650 (rearing code). Deposited in UWIM.</p> <p>Paratypes. Three females and 5 males, same data as the holotype. Deposited at UWIM.</p> <p>Distribution. ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, High Andean Cloud Forest, 2163 m.</p> <p>Biology (Fig. 17). Reared from Arctiinae 3 th instar larva feeding on Dendrophorbium lloense. Based on the collecting, pupation and emergence dates the minimum development time as larva is 6 days and the development time in the pupal stage is 19 days.</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named after our entomologist colleague Julia Stigenberg whose valuable research has shed light on the complex phylogenetic relationships for the Meteorus species from the Palearctic region.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B47FB404453FFA6FF658FD8445EF102	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Aguirre, Helmuth;Shaw, Scott R.	Aguirre, Helmuth, Shaw, Scott R. (2014): Neotropical species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) parasitizing Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae). Zootaxa 3779 (3): 353-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.3
9B47FB40445EFFADFF658A874461F758.text	9B47FB40445EFFADFF658A874461F758.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus mirandae Aguirre & Shaw 2014	<div><p>Meteorus mirandae Aguirre &amp; Shaw n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs. 19–22)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Mandibles twisted; occipital carina incomplete; notauli distinctive; propodeum aerolate-rugose; hind coxa punctate and polished; tarsal claw with large lobe; vein m-cu of forewing posfurcal; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along ½ of segment.</p> <p>Body color. Antenna dark brown; annulus absent; head orange except area between ocelli black and a couple of longitudinal dark brown patches on the frons behind each scape; propleuron yellow; pronotum orange; mesonotum black except both a patch between mesonotal lobes and scutellum yellow; mesopleuron black; metapleuron yellowwhite; propodeum black dorsally and white posteriorly; prothoracic legs yellow except telotarsus brown. Mesothoracic legs with coxa black dorsally and yellow ventrally; trochanter and trochantellus brown; femur yellow; tibia basally yellow-white, medially light brown and apically yellow; tarsus with tarsomeres 1–4 brown, telotarsus dark brown. Metathoracic legs with coxa black dorsally and yellow-white ventrally, on the posterior edge both colors touch to each other along a sinuated line; trochanter and trochantellus black; femur basally black, medially brown, close to the apex light brown and a small dark brown ring around the apical border; tibia apically white, brown the rest; tarsus brown; T1 basally and medially white, apically the white area narrows and becomes flanked laterally by black patches; T2–T8 black dorsally, white-cream laterally; sterna white; wings hyaline.</p> <p>Body length. 4.1 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 29 flagellomeres; flagellar length/width ratios as follows: F1 = 3; F2 = 3; F3 = 2.8; F27 = 2; F28 = 2; F29 = 2.7; head 1.2 wider than high; occipital carina incomplete; ocelli ocular distance 1.6 x ocellar diameter; head height 1.6 x eye height; temples length 0.7 x eyes length in dorsal view; vertex in dorsal view descending vertically behind the lateral ocelli; frons smooth and polished; maximum face width 1.2 x minimum face width; face strigulate; minimum face width 1.2 x clypeus width; clypeus rugulose-strigulate; malar space length equal to mandible width basally; mandibles twisted.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum in lateral view carinate on the dorsal and posterior borders; propleuron smooth and polished; notauli distinctive and rugose; mesonotal lobes well defined; central lobe of mesoscutum puncticulate; scutellar furrow with three carinae; mesopleuron puncticulate; sternaulus short, narrow and foveate; metapleuron punctate dorsally and foveate ventrally; propodeum aerolate-rugose; longitudinal and transversal carinae on propodeum absent; median depression on propodeum slightly present.</p> <p>Legs. Hind coxa punctate and polished; tarsal claw with large lobe.</p> <p>Wings. Wing length 4 mm; second submarginal cell of forewing not strongly narrowed anteriorly; length of vein r 0.6 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 3RSa 0.9 x length of rm; length of vein m-cu of forewing postfurcal; length of vein 1M equal to length of cu-a; length of vein 1M equal to length of 1r-m.</p> <p>Metasoma. Dorsope and laterope absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along 1/2 of segment; first tergite smooth basally and medially, with convergent costae apically; ovipositor 1.9 x longer than first tergite; ovipositor thickened basally and straight.</p> <p>Cocoon (Fig. 24). Length 3.9 mm; width 1.7 mm; honey translucent; length of thread attached at the cocoon’s anterior end 11–24 mm, cocoon loosely enveloped by thread, anterior end rounded, emergence hole border neat, cap missed.</p> <p>Female variation. Body length 3.7–4.1 mm; head 1.1–1.2 wider than high; maximum face width 1.1–1.2 x minimum face width; minimum face width 1.2–1.3 x clypeus width; wing length 3.9–4 mm; length of vein r 0.6– 0.8 x length of 3Rsa; length of vein 1M 1–1.5 x length of cu-a; length of vein 1M 0.8–1 x length of 1r-m.</p> <p>Male variation. Mesopleuron black to dark brown; antenna with 29–30 flagellomeres; temples length 0.6–0.8 x eyes length in dorsal view; malar space length 1–1.3 x mandible width basally; ocelli ocular distance 1.3–1.4 x ocellar diameter; notauli rugose or rugose and carinate; T1 smooth basally, with convergent costae medially and apically.</p> <p>Comments. Following the key published by Jones and Shaw (2012) Meteorus mirandae matches M. caritatis Jones, but can be separated by the complete occipital carina, strigate face (smooth in M. caritatis) and short, narrow and foveate sternaulus (M. caritatis lacks of sternaulus). Meteorus mirandae shares with M. oreo an incomplete occipital carina, twisted mandibles, distinctive notauli, punctate and polished hind coxa, and similar ovipositor relative length. However, M. mirandae is easy to separate from M. oreo by the characters provided in the key.</p> <p>Holotype. Female (point mounted) ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, San Isidro Forest, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 17 July 2009 as 3 th instar larva parasitoid of Saurita mosca (Arctiinae: Ctenuchinae) on Diplazium costale var robustum (Dryopteridaceae), parasitoid pupated 20 July 2009, parasitoid emerged 6 August 2009, YY 40047 (rearing code). Deposited at UWIM</p> <p>Paratypes. One female, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, Las Palmas parte alta, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 1 November 2005 as cocoon hanging from leaf of Araceae, adult wasp emerged 6 November 2005, YY 54420 (rearing code); 1 male, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, Sendero stream trail, collected 26 January 2011 as 3 th instar larva parasitoid of Arctiinae on Chusquea scandens (Poaceae), parasitoid pupated 24 February 2011, parasitoid emerged 11 March 2011, YY 29866 (rearing code). 1 male, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 10 June 2009 as 3 th instar larva parasitoid of Saurita mosca Dognin (Arctiinae: Ctenuchinae) on Chusquea scandens (Poaceae), parasitoid pupated 16 June 2009, parasitoid emerged 15 July 2009, YY 39076 (rearing code). 1 male, ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, S 00°35.9' W 77°53.4', 2163 m, collected 28 February 2008 as 3 th instar larva parasitoid of Saurita mosca Dognin (Arctiinae: Ctenuchinae) on Chusquea scandens (Poaceae), parasitoid pupated 24 March 2008, parasitoid emerged 15 April 2008, YY 9158 (rearing code).</p> <p>Distribution. ECUADOR, Napo Province, Yanayacu Biological Station, High Andean Cloud Forest, 2163 m.</p> <p>Biology (Figs. 23 and 25). Parasitoid of 3 th instar larva of Saurita mosca (Arctiinae: Ctenuchinae) feeding on Diplazium costale var robustum (Dryopteridaceae) and Chusquea scandens (Poaceae). At Las Palmas location cocoons of M. mirandae were found hanging on a leaf of Araceae. Based on the collecting, pupation and emergence dates, the minimum average larval development time is 16 days and the average time inside the cocoon is 21 days.</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named after our enthusiastic entomologist colleague, Miranda Bryant Talluto, who is currently working on the taxonomy and ecology of Braconidae at the Ecuadorian cloud forest of Yanayacu.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B47FB40445EFFADFF658A874461F758	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Aguirre, Helmuth;Shaw, Scott R.	Aguirre, Helmuth, Shaw, Scott R. (2014): Neotropical species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) parasitizing Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae). Zootaxa 3779 (3): 353-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.3
