Therophilus montywoodi 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/CF7708A9-E549-4440-9FDA-4795CD35EA49

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:CF7708A9-E549-4440-9FDA-4795CD35EA49

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scientific name

Therophilus montywoodi Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Therophilus montywoodi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 23 View Figure 23

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0519. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGGGTTTGATCAGGAATTGTAGGTTTATCAATAAGATTATTAATTCGAATGGAATTAAGAATTGGTGGTAATTTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACAGCTCATGCATTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATGATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTGGGGGGYCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGTTCATTAGTTAATATTGGAGTTGGAACAGGGTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATATAAGTCATAGAGGTATATCGGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGGGTTTCATCAATTATAGGGGCTATAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATATGAATTATGAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATACCTTTATTAGTGTGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTGTTAGCAGGGGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTGAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Finca San Gabriel, 10.87766, -85.39343, 645 meters, caterpillar collection date: 31/vii/2009, wasp eclosion date: 26/viii/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Strepsicrates Brown25 ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Psidium guajava (introduced) ( Myrtaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-4023, DHJPAR0040068.

Paratypes.

Host = Strepsicrates Brown25: DHJPAR0038338. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a patronym for Monty Wood (RIP), renowned tachinidologist.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Therophilus