Original description

Hansson, C. (2010). ZooTaxa 2563:42-45.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Costal cell with ventral surface bare or with setae in basal ½ only; frontal suture down-curved laterally; fore coxa white to dark brown, mid and hind coxae white to yellowish-white; postmarginal vein 3.7X as long as stigmal vein; petiole 0.5–1.0X as long as wide in female and 1.0–1.5X as long as wide in male, in both sexes with a spine mediolaterally, completely metallic bluish-green in female, metallic bluish-green dorsally and yellowish-white ventrally in male.

Distribution

Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru.

Biology

Primary parasitoid on Bucculatrix sp. (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) on Forsteronia spicata (Apocyanaceae); Elachista sp. (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) on Olyra latifolia (Poaceae); Marmara sp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae); Phyllocnistis sp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Trichilia havanensis (Meliaceae); lepidopterous leafminer on Trichilia havanensis and Peperomia peltata (Piperaceae), and Melastomataceae; Agromyzidae indet. (Diptera) on Tradescantia sp. (Commelinaceae).

Depository of primary type

Holotype female in Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santo Domingo, Costa Rica.

Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, head frontal female (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, head frontal female.	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, head frontal male (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, head frontal male.
Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, vertex female (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, antenna female (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, antenna male (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, thoracic dorsum female (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).
Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, thoracic dorsum female.	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, mesosoma lateral female. (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52)	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, propodeum female (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).	Apleurotropis anemia Hansson, costal cell (from ZooTaxa no. 2563:35-52).