Pseudoyelicones bernsweeneyi 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

Pseudoyelicones bernsweeneyi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 419 , 420

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAL5801. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATGTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGAATATCATTAAGATTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAGGTACTCCTGGGAAAATATTAGGAGATGATCAGTTATATAATAGTTTTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTCGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTGTTAATTTCTTCTTTATTTATATTATTAATTAGAGGTATTATTAATGTAGGAACAGGAACTGGATGAACTATATATCCACCTTTATCTTCATTAATAGGTCATAGTGGAATATCTGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCCTCTATTATAGGAGCTGTTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAACTAATATTGATATAGATAAAATTAGTTTGTTAATTTGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCTTTATTATTATTATTATCCTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGTAACTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTGTTCAGGTGGGGGCGATCCTGTTTTATTKCAACATTTRTTT. Similar to P. limonensis to which it keys in Buntika and Quicke (2004). It differs in many respects, but the easiest to observe is that the scape is yellow in P. bernsweeneyi and brown in P. limonensis .

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Finca Esmeralda, 10.93548, -85.25314, 123 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/14/2011, wasp eclosion date: 10/18/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Chloropaschia mennusalis ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Vismia baccifera ( Hypericaceae ). This is the first host record for the genus. The image of the mummified pupa of the host, Chloropaschia mennusalis (Fig. 420 ), shows the exit hole at the caudal end.

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 11-SRNP-75949, DHJPAR0045816.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0035971, DHJPAR0045814, DHJPAR0063815. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Pseudoyelicones bernsweeneyi is named in honor of Bern Sweeney’s contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 419. Pseudoyelicones bernsweeneyi, holotype.

Figure 420. Mummified remains of the pupa of Chloropaschia mennusalis after emergence of the parasitoid.