Macrocentrus fredsingeri Sharkey & van Achterberg, 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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/265D1EB3-32EB-467F-BFA1-BFCB7D6966C1

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scientific name

Macrocentrus fredsingeri Sharkey & van Achterberg
status

sp. nov.

Macrocentrus fredsingeri Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 298 View Figure 298

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Recognizable by the combinations of largely setose subbasal cell of forewing, vein 1Cua of forewing ca. as long as vein cu-a and moderately widened, POL 0.7 × diameter of posterior ocellus, dorsal carinae of first tergite surpassing middle of tergite, first tergite with oblique striae latero-posteriorly, pterostigma mainly dark brown and contrasting with pale R1b vein and antenna largely pale yellowish.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Conguera, 10.91589, -85.26631, 420 meters, caterpillar collection date: 17/i/2011, wasp eclosion date: 10/ii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Neurophyseta clymenalisDHJ03 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Cyathea trichiata ( Cyatheaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-40293, DHJPAR0042876.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Neurophyseta clymenalisDHJ03. DHJPAR0042874, DHJPAR0042869, DHJPAR0042865, DHJPAR0041508, DHJPAR0042878, DHJPAR0043228, DHJPAR0041474, DHJPAR0041458, DHJPAR0041522, DHJPAR0041528, DHJPAR0042866, DHJPAR0042868, DHJPAR0042871, DHJPAR0041476, DHJPAR0041477, DHJPAR0041479, DHJPAR0041480, DHJPAR0041481, DHJPAR0041483, DHJPAR0041484, DHJPAR0041486, DHJPAR0041489, DHJPAR0041501, DHJPAR0041505, DHJPAR0051407. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus fredsingeri is named to honor Dr. Fred Singer for his valiant effort to document and describe the academic forces by DHJ and WH leading up to and founding of ACG.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Macrocentrus