Macrocentrus jennyphillipsae Sharkey & van Achterberg, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Chapman, Eric G., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Brown, Allison, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Naik, Suresh, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Milton, Megan, Hebert, Paul, Shaw, Scott R., Kittel, Rebecca N., Solis, M. Alma, Metz, Mark A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Brown, John W., Quicke, Donald L. J., Achterberg, C. van, Brown, Brian V. & Burns, John M., 2021, Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species, ZooKeys 1013, pp. 1-665 : 1

Macrocentrus jennyphillipsae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 309

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADB4234. Consensus barcode. ATATTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGTATATTAGGCTTATCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAGGTCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATCGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGGAATTGATTAATCCCCCTAATATTAGGAAGTGTTGATATGGCTTTTCCTCGGATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAAGATTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGGACAGGATGGACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCAATAAATATTAGTCATATAGGTATTTCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATGGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGTGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCATGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTGACTGAT------------------------------------------------. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically, mesosternum, ventral half of mesopleuron and of metapleuron largely black and first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided. Most similar to M. gustavogutierrezi because of the largely black hind femur and first metasomal tergite but differs by having comparatively small ocelli (POL approx. 1.5 × diameter of posterior ocellus; approx. 0.8 × in M. gustavogutierrezi ) and face partly dark brown medio-dorsally (pale yellow in M. gustavogutierrezi ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 10.7631, -85.3344, 820 meters, 19/x/2013, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG29288-B09.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus jennyphillipsae is named to honor Dr. Jenny Phillips of BioAlfa for her decades of enthusiastic taxonomic and administrative support of INBio, parataxonomists, and all matters biodiversity of Costa Rica coupled with intensely developing BioAlfa of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 309. Macrocentrus jennyphillipsae, holotype.