Proterops iangauldi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 359

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0222. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATAGGAGAGGTATAATTGGATTTCTTTAAGAATAATTATTCGATTAGAGTTAGGTTTACCAGGAAAATTTTTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAACAGAATTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGATTTATTAATAATGGGGTAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTGTCATTATTAATAGGACATAGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTGAGAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATACGATTAATTGGAATGAGAATAGATAAAATTTCTTTATTGGTTTGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTT------------------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Horizontes, Quebrada San Pancho, 10.74769, -85.58577, 90 meters, sawfly larva collection date: 26/v/2000, wasp eclosion date: 12/vi/2000. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Sphacophilus edus ( Argidae) feeding on Heteropterys laurifolia ( Malpighiaceae).

Sawfly larva and holotype voucher codes. 00-SRNP-7495, DHJPAR0015459.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0015457, DHJPAR0015458, DHJPAR0015460, DHJPAR0015461, DHJPAR0015462, DHJPAR0015463, DHJPAR0015464. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Proterops iangauldi is named in honor of Ian Gauld (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.