Macrocentrus jesseausubeli Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 310

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7403. Consensus barcode. TATCTTATATTTTATATTTGGGCTATGGTCTGGGGTATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGGTTAATTATTCGTATAGAGTTAGGTCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTGATTCCTTCTTTAACTTTATTAATTTTGAGAGGATTTATAAATATTGGGGTAGGYACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGACATATAGGARTTTCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCGGGTGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATRCGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATTATGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCCATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGGGGGGACCCTATTTTGTACCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically, mesosternum, ventral half of mesopleuron and metapleuron largely black and first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided. Differs from M. gretchendailyae, M. gustavogutierrezi, and M. jennyphillipsae by having vein 1A of forewing slender subapically and vein cu-a of forewing widened posteriorly.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Río Blanco Abajo, 10.90037, -85.37254, 500 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/x/2005, wasp eclosion date: 4/xi/2005. Depository: CNC.

Host data. spiloBioLep01 BioLep382 ( Crambidae) feeding on Aphelandra aurantiaca ( Acanthaceae).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 05-SRNP-6429, DHJPAR0028985.

Paratypes.

Host = Herpetogramma Solis10 ( Crambidae): DHJPAR0028983, DHJPAR0028988, DHJPAR0041515, DHJPAR0041543, DHJPAR0048254. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus jesseausubeli is named to honor Dr. Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University for his early and strong support for the development of DNA barcoding for biodiversity identification.