Orgilus ebbenielsoni 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

Orgilus ebbenielsoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 324

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABA8537. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGAATATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTGGGGATACCAGGGAGATTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTGTTGTAACAGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTGATTCCTATAATATTAGGATGTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTGTTGATTCCATCTATAATTTTTTTAATTTTTAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTTGGYACAGGGTGAACTGTATATCCACCTTTATCTTTAACAATTGGTCATGGGGGGGTATCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATACGTTCTGATAAAGTTTTAATAGATAAAATTTCTTTATTAAGTTGATCTGTATTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGGGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.01602, -85.38053, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 17/iii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 3/iv/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid on Megalota crassana ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Croton billbergianus ( Euphorbiaceae ). Seven specimens emerged from the host caterpillar.

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-70637, DHJPAR0049088.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Megalota crassana , Megalota Janzen03, Megalota ochreoapex . DHJPAR0038979, DHJPAR0043266, DHJPAR0049086. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Orgilus ebbenielsoni is named in honor of Ebbe Nielson (RIP) attending the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing his wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Note.

This is the first and only record of a gregarious species of Orgilus .

Figures

Figure 324. Orgilus ebbenielsoni, holotype.