Dolichozele gravitarsis (Muesebeck, 1938)

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

Dolichozele gravitarsis (Muesebeck, 1938) Figure 284

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAI9864. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGAATTATTATTCGAATAGAATTRAGACAATCAGGAATATTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTAACAGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTCATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGAYTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAAGWRTTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCATTATTTTTATTATTAATAAGAGGATTYATAAATATTGGTRTTGGAACTGGTTGAACTGTATATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATGTAAGTCATAGAGGAATATCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCWGGAATTTCTTCAATYATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATACGTAATTATGGAATCATTATAGAAAAAATTAGATTATTATGTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGTTATTTTATTATTAATRTCTTTACCAGTTTTRGCTGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGAGGAGGTGATCCTGTATTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Both sexes have a strongly bent forewing vein M+Cu1 and comparatively short hind tibial spurs; the females have a robust and yellowish hind tarsus, which is ivory or whitish and slenderer in males.

Figured specimen.

♂, Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Albergue Oscar, 10.877, -85.324, 560 meters, caterpillar collection date 3/iii/2008, wasp eclosion date 26/v/2008.

Host data. Turuptiana obliqua ( Erebidae ) feeding on Nectandra hihua ( Lauraceae ).

Caterpillar and figured male voucher codes. DHJPAR0027736.

Additional specimens.

Host = Hypocrisias Espinoza01 DHJPAR0027736, DHJPAR0029351, DHJPAR0029352, DHJPAR0029353, DHJPAR0029355. Depository: CNC.

Notes.

The species is widespread from British Columbia, Canada, through the western USA, Mexico, and Meso America. One specimen from British Columbia (BIOUG22381-E09) is in the same BIN.

Figures

Figure 284. Dolichozele gravitarsis.