Macrocentrus michaelstroudi Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Macrocentrus michaelstroudi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 25 .

BOLD data.

This is the eighth species to be described in BIN BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode: TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTAGGTATTTGATGTGGATTAGTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGGTTACTTATTCGGTTAGAGTTGAGAAATTTAGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGTAGTTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTGATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTGTTATTAATATTAATAAGAGGATTTATTATAGTTGGTAGTGGAACTGGGTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTAAGTTCTTTAATTGGGCATAGAAGGTTTTCTGTTGATATAGTAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAATTT---TAAAATTAGATCAGATTATATTATTTGTATGATCTGTATTAATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTACTTTCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGAGGAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGAGATCCTGTTTTATTTCAACACTTATTT.

Morphological data.

In the morphological key to the species in this BIN ( Sharkey et al. 2021a), Macrocentrus michaelstroudi will key to M. gustavogutierrezi . Macrocentrus michaelstroudi differs in its pale basal flagellomeres, contrasting with the melanic basal flagellomeres of M. gustavogutierrezi . The host caterpillar also differs from those of M. gustavogutierrezi . It belongs to the group of species with vein M+Cu of the forewing distinctly widened apically.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Rotulo, 510 m, 11.0135 -85.4241; host caterpillar collection date: 22/i/2016, parasitoid eclosion: 01/iii/2016; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0058830, GenBank accession: MW627584.

Holotype host data.

Phaedropsis leialisDHJ03 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Gouania lupuloides ( Rhamnaceae ), caterpillar voucher code: 16-SRNP-30230.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus michaelstroudi is named in honor of Michael Stroud Bonilla as the primary supporter of the BioAlfa Malaise trapping at the Hacienda Baru Wildlife Refuge, Savegre, ACOPAC, Costa Rica, as well as decades of support for the Area de Conservación Guanacaste.

Figures

Figure 25. Macrocentrus michaelstroudi, holotype.