Yelicones dirksteinkei 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

Yelicones dirksteinkei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 456

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAT9023. Consensus barcode. TTTATTATATTTTTTTTTTGGTATTTGATCAGGTTTATTAGGTTTATCGTTAAGGTTAGTTATTCGTATAGAATTGAGGAATCCTGGAAGTTTGTTAGGGAGTGATCAATTATATAATTTAATAGTAACAATTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGTTCACCTGATATGGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTATTATTAAGAGGATTTACTAATATGGGTGTAGGCACAGGTTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTAAGATCTTTATCTGGACATCCTGGGATTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTATCATCTATTATAGGGGCTGTTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTGTATAAGTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAAGATTATTTGTATGATCTGTTTTAATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGTGGGATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATTTTGCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT. It is distinguished from all other described New World Yelicones by the uniquely colored mesoscutum and scutellum, which are piceous-black laterally and pale yellow-cream medially. In the key by Areekul and Quicke (2006) it keys out to couplet 22, but neither couplet matches it.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Rio Francia Arriba, 10.89666, -85.29003, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/v/2012, wasp eclosion date: 18/vi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. pyrabiolep01 biolep29 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Croton billbergianus ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 12-SRNP-42090, DHJPAR0049352.

Paratypes.

Host = phyBioLep01 BioLep757 ( Pyralidae ): DHJPAR0049307, DHJPAR0049352. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Yelicones dirksteinkei is named in honor of Dirk Steinke’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 456. Yelicones dirksteinkei, holotype.