Ascogaster luisdiegogomezi 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

Ascogaster luisdiegogomezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 91

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACC1221. Consensus barcode. AATTTTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATTTGATCAGGTATAATTGGTTTATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGATCAGTTTCTTCTTATTTAGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGGGTAGTAACAATGCATGCTTTTATCATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGGAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGATCTCCTGATATATCTTTTCCTCGATTAAATAATTTAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTTTTATTAATTAGAGGTATTTTAAATATTGGAGTTGGTACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCACCATTATCATTAGGTATATTTCATAGAGGAATTTCAGTTGATTTAAGAATTTTCTCTTTACATATAGCAGGCATATCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCTTTAAATTTTATTATTACTATTTTTTGTATATGATTTGGATTTAAATATATAGATAAATTATCTTTATTTATTTGATCAGTAGTAATTACTGCATTTTTATTAATTACATCTTTACCCGTTTTAGCAGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGTTTTTTTGACCCTTCTGGTGGAGGTGACCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/vi/2012, wasp eclosion date: 04/vii/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Stenoma Janzen414 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Ocotea atirrensis ( Lauraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-2366, DHJPAR0049931.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Ascogaster luisdiegogomezi is named to honor Sr. Luis Diego Gomez (RIP) for his strong biopolitical support of Janzen and Hallwachs in the initiation of their Costa Rican biodiversity research adventures in the 1960s-1970s.

Figures

Figure 91. Ascogaster luisdiegogomezi, holotype.