Idth: 2.3?.5. BMS-5 web length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 1.4?.6. Tarsal claws: simple or with single basal spine ike seta. Metafemur length/width: 3.2?.3. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4?.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 ?its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly punctured. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 7 or 8. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4?.5. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 4.1 or more. Mediotergite 1 shape: slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7?.8 mediotergite length (where maximum width is reached), then narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: with some sculpture near lateral margins and/ or posterior 0.2?.4 of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.2?.5. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: with some sculpture, mostly near posterior margin. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a medially folded, transparent, semi esclerotized area; with 0? pleats visible. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width 3.0?.0 ?posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 1.0?.1, rarely 1.2?.3. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.3 or more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.7?.8. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.5?.6. Pterostigma length/width: 3.6 or more. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: clearly beyond half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly inwards, inclined towards fore wing base. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: strongly angulated, sometimes with a knob. Male. Similar to female. Molecular data. Sequences in BOLD: 27, barcode compliant sequences: 15.Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)…Biology/ecology. Gregarious (Fig. 248). Host: Hesperiidae, Pyrrhopyge zenodorus. Distribution. Costa Rica, ACG. Etymology. We dedicate this species to Elda Araya in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Paratax omos and Estaci Biol ica San Gerardo of ACG. Apanteles eliethcantillanoae Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. http://zoobank.org/B2352F1A-6D93-4663-82A5-8F47FF3AF303 http://species-id.net/wiki/Apanteles_eliethcantillanoae Figs 172, 310 Apanteles Rodriguez87 (Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the QAW039 site authors. Type locality. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 295m, 11.01541, -85.51125. Holotype. in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0002687. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 23.vii.2002, 11.01541 , 85.51125 , 295m, DHJPAR0002687. Paratypes. 40 , 10 (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0002202, DHJPAR0002687, DHJPAR0005288, DHJPAR0005317, DHJPAR0011953. Description. Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less, rarely with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange ellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS.Idth: 2.3?.5. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 1.4?.6. Tarsal claws: simple or with single basal spine ike seta. Metafemur length/width: 3.2?.3. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4?.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 ?its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly punctured. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 7 or 8. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4?.5. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 4.1 or more. Mediotergite 1 shape: slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7?.8 mediotergite length (where maximum width is reached), then narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: with some sculpture near lateral margins and/ or posterior 0.2?.4 of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.2?.5. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: with some sculpture, mostly near posterior margin. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a medially folded, transparent, semi esclerotized area; with 0? pleats visible. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width 3.0?.0 ?posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 1.0?.1, rarely 1.2?.3. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.3 or more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.7?.8. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.5?.6. Pterostigma length/width: 3.6 or more. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: clearly beyond half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly inwards, inclined towards fore wing base. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: strongly angulated, sometimes with a knob. Male. Similar to female. Molecular data. Sequences in BOLD: 27, barcode compliant sequences: 15.Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)…Biology/ecology. Gregarious (Fig. 248). Host: Hesperiidae, Pyrrhopyge zenodorus. Distribution. Costa Rica, ACG. Etymology. We dedicate this species to Elda Araya in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Paratax omos and Estaci Biol ica San Gerardo of ACG. Apanteles eliethcantillanoae Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. http://zoobank.org/B2352F1A-6D93-4663-82A5-8F47FF3AF303 http://species-id.net/wiki/Apanteles_eliethcantillanoae Figs 172, 310 Apanteles Rodriguez87 (Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors. Type locality. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 295m, 11.01541, -85.51125. Holotype. in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0002687. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Finca Araya, 23.vii.2002, 11.01541 , 85.51125 , 295m, DHJPAR0002687. Paratypes. 40 , 10 (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0002202, DHJPAR0002687, DHJPAR0005288, DHJPAR0005317, DHJPAR0011953. Description. Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less, rarely with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange ellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS.