Physotarsus bonillai Gauld, 1997

Taxonomic History / Nomenclature
Physotarsus bonillai Gauld, 1997: 195-196. Holotype female in INBio.
Physotarsus bonillai: Yu and Horstmann 1997: 455 (catalog); Zhaurova and Wharton 2009: 9-10, 13-15 (redescription, inclusion in key to species).
Diagnosis and Relationships
Lateral ocelli separated by 0.7-0.8X their widest diameter from each other and about 1.8-2.0X their widest diameter from eye margin. Antennae with 26-27 flagellomeres. Pronotum and mesoscutum glabrous, impunctate. T1 about 1.5X as long as broad. Head entirely pale yellowish. Mesosoma and metasoma yellowish. Hind legs pale orange, with tarsomeres uniformly infuscate. Fore wing hyaline, apex infumate.

This species is most similar to P. claviger Zhaurova and P. castilloi Gauld in body sculpture and form of the clypeal margin. The head and body of P. bonillai are completely pale whereas P. castilloi has darker markings on the head and P. claviger has extensive dark markings on the head and body. The petiole is also much broader in P. bonillai.

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Distribution
Known only from Costa Rica.
Distribution
No referenced distribution records have been added to the database for this OTU.
Biology / Hosts
Host unknown.
Map

There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.

Label data
Material Examined. Paratypes: 2 females, COSTA RICA, Guanacaste Prov., Santa Rosa National Park, 3 & 14.xii.1977 (Janzen) (AEIC); 4 females, 1 male, same locality, 3–24.viii.1985 & 6–27.ix.1986 (Janzen & Gauld) (BMNH, INBio).
Acknowledgements
This page was assembled by Bob Wharton and Kira Zhaurova, and is part of a revision of the genus Physotarsus (Zhaurova and Wharton 2009). Material examined for this revision was borrowed from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, the American Entomological Institute, Gainesville (AEIC), The Natural History Museum, London, the U. S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., and INBio, Costa Rica. We thank David Wahl, Ian Gauld, and Ronald Zúñiga for the extended loan of the specimens listed above. We are particularly grateful to Matt Yoder for the electronic interface and to Heather Cummins and Mika Cameron for assistance with literature and figures. We would also like to acknowledge the kind assistance of Ian Gauld, David Wahl, Andrew Bennett, and Gavin Broad for information exchange about ichneumonids during the course of this work. Our use of PURLs (http://purl.oclc.org) for the web interface follows the example of their use in publications by Norm Johnson. The work was conducted at Texas A&M University and supported by NSF/PEET grant no. DEB 0328922 and associated REU supplement # 0723663. Page last updated October 2010.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DEB 0328922 with REU supplement DEB 0723663.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.