Ascogaster grettelvegae 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/D75F27FE-F2B1-4AFD-BD59-0E59B1783315

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D75F27FE-F2B1-4AFD-BD59-0E59B1783315

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scientific name

Ascogaster grettelvegae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Ascogaster grettelvegae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 87 View Figure 87

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABX8525. Consensus barcode. TATTTGGACTATCTTTAAGTTTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGTTCTATTACTTCTTATTTAGGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGAGTAGTTACTCTACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGCGGTTTTGGAAATTGGTTGGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAGGACCAGATATATCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATTTAAGATTTTGATTGTTAGTACCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTAATAGAAGTTTTATTAATGTAGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTGTATATCCGCCTTTATCTCTTATAATTGGCCATAGAGGAGCTTCTGTAGATTTAAGTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCTGGAATATCCTCTATTATAGGGGCTGTAAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATAAGTTTTAGATTTAAAAATATAGATAAATTTCCTTTGTTTGTGTGATCAATTATAATTACTGCAATTTTATTACTTCTATCTTTACCTGTCTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGACCCCTCAGGGGGCGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.865, -85.415, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 13/i/2011, wasp eclosion date: 05/ii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Episimus ortygia ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Vismia baccifera ( Hypericaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-180, DHJPAR0043010.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Ascogaster grettelvegae is named to honor Sra. Grettel Vega of SINAC for her support of BioAlfa as Director of SINAC, Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation areas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Ascogaster