Exasticolus jennyphillipsae Sharkey, 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA8EF190-AA53-4B9C-A233-071F1818517E

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:CA8EF190-AA53-4B9C-A233-071F1818517E

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scientific name

Exasticolus jennyphillipsae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Exasticolus jennyphillipsae Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 206 View Figure 206 , 207 View Figure 207

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW1602. Consensus barcode. GTTTTATATTTTTTATTGGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTATATCAATAAGATTTTTAATTCGAATAGAATTAATAATACCAGGTAGATTTTTAAGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATCGTTACTAGACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCAATAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATGTCCTGATATGGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGTATGGTAAATTTAGGAGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTGTCATTAAATTTAAGTCATAGGGGTATATCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACGTTCTAATATAGTTTTTATGGATAAAATTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACTGTAATTTTACTATTATTGTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATGTTATTGACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTGTGGTGGAGGGG--------------------------.

Similar to E. xmatkuilensis López-Martínez, Delfin-González and van Achterberg 2011 but differing in the ratio of forewing veins r/3RSa, which is 0.9-1.1 in E. xmatkuilensis and 1.3 in this species.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 10.93328, -85.45729, 1460 meters, collection date: 30/vi/2008, wasp eclosion date: 29/vii/2008. Depository: CNC.

Host data. noto 08-SRNP-35960 ( Notodontidae ) feeding on Vaccinium poasanum ( Ericaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 08-SRNP-35960, DHJPAR0028118.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Exasticolus jennyphillipsae is named in honor of Jenny (Eugenie) Phillips of San José, Costa Rica in recognition of her extreme patience in dealing with the foundational bureaucracy of the startup of the BioAlfa process to facilitate bioliteracy in Costa Rica.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Exasticolus