Macrocentrus gustavogutierrezi 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

Macrocentrus gustavogutierrezi Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 303

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically. Ventral halves of mesopleuron and metapleuron largely black; first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided. Most similar to M. jennyphillipsae because of the largely black hind femur and first metasomal tergite but differs by having large ocelli (POL approx. 0.8 × diameter of posterior ocellus; approx. 1.5 × in M. jennyphillipsae ) and face pale yellow medio-dorsally (partly dark brown in M. jennyphillipsae ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Bosque Aguirre, 11.00060, -85.43800, 620 meters, caterpillar collection date: 3/ii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 17/ii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Asturodes fimbriauralisDHJ02 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Colubrina spinosa ( Rhamnaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-20281, DHJPAR0038832.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Asturodes fimbriauralisDHJ02 and Antaeotricha spurca ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0029383, DHJPAR0050856, DHJPAR0055165, DHJPAR0028986, DHJPAR0029341, DHJPAR0036261, DHJPAR0029386, DHJPAR0029389, DHJPAR0029360, DHJPAR0053557, DHJPAR0050803, DHJPAR0038831, DHJPAR0037707, DHJPAR0028998, DHJPAR0028997, DHJPAR0029393, DHJPAR0029392, DHJPAR0029391, DHJPAR0029390, DHJPAR0029388, DHJPAR0028981, DHJPAR0029076, DHJPAR0029349, DHJPAR0029379, DHJPAR0029384, DHJPAR0029339, DHJPAR0029340, DHJPAR0029338, DHJPAR0036731, DHJPAR0029380. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus gustavogutierrezi is named to honor Sr. Gustavo Gutierrez for his thousands of hectares donated to ACG and financial support of the ACG Biological Education Program.

Figures

Figure 303. Macrocentrus gustavogutierrezi, holotype.