Macrocentrus jessemaysharkae 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 jessemaysharkae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 311

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW4582. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCTGGTATATTGGGGTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAGGTCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTCACATCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTGGGTAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCATCTTTAATATTACTAATTTTAAGGGGATTTTTAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTATAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGAATTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTGGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATACGAAATTATGGAGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCATGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTGAATACATCATTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Recognizable by the combination of the robust (subparallel-sided and approx. 2.3 × as long as wide posteriorly) and dark brown first tergite, with dorsal carinae only basally distinct, vein cu-a of forewing curved but not widened posteriorly, and the antenna largely pale yellowish.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero a Maritza, 1 km NW Estación Cacao, 10.92691, -85.46822, 1150 meters, caterpillar collection date: 1/ix/2010, wasp eclosion date: 20/ix/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. cram 10-SRNP-36093 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Ficus pertusa ( Moraceae )

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-36093, DHJPAR0042077.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus jessemaysharkae is named in honor of science writer Ms. Jesse Mayshark in recognition of her 2011 stellar reporting on the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an intellectual inspiration from the same project once anticipated as the ATBI of ACG.

Figures

Figure 311. Macrocentrus jessemaysharkae, holotype.