Gnathopleura josequesadai Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Gnathopleura josequesadai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 11 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAE0055; nearest neighbor: Gnathopleura sp. BOLD:AEF6891; distance to nearest neighbor is 7.99%. Consensus barcode GTATTATATTTTATATTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGTATAGTAGGGTTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGRTCTTTATTAATAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTAACAGCYCATGCATTTGTCATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTTTTAATTCCATCTTTATTGTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAGTATTAAATATTGGTGTAGGAACAGGGTGAACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCGTCAGGAATTGGTCATAGAGGGATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGKGTATCYTCAATTATAGGGGTTATTAATTTTTTAACTACAATTTTTAATATAAAATCTTGCATGATTAAAATAGATCAGTTAAGGTTATTTATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGTGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

Gnathopleura josequesadai keys to G. cariosa in Wharton (1980) but differs in many ways. For example, the first flagellomere is approximately equal in length to the second flagellomere in G. cariosa but much shorter than the second in G. josequesadai . This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by the carina separating the propodeum from the metapleuron. This is rough and complete in G. josequesadai (Fig. 11 ) and smooth and restricted to the posterior 1/3 in the specimen in BIN BOLD:AEF6891.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Natural, 290 m, 10.836 -85.613; host caterpillar collection date: 08/vi/2008, parasitoid eclosion: 11/vii/2008; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0028304.

Holotype host data.

Hyperparasitoid of the fly Leschenaultia Wood30DHJ01( Tachinidae ) which is a primary parasitoid of Pachyliaficus ( Sphingidae ) feeding on Maclura tinctoria ( Moraceae ). Including the holotype, five specimens were reared from the fly puparia parasitizing the caterpillar, voucher code 08-SRNP-13289.The host flies were identified from their surviving sibs, one of which is DHJPAR0027924 of BIN BOLD:ACE9310.

Paratype.

Reared from the same caterpillar as the holotype DHJPAR0028038, DHJPAR0028039, DHJPAR0028040, DHJPAR0028041.

Etymology.

Gnathopleura josequesadai is named in honor of José Ramón Quesada Mora, the manager of the 2020-21 BioAlfa Malaise traps for the Hacienda Baru Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica.

Note.

This is the first species of Gnathopleura confirmed to be a hyperparasitoid.

Figures

Figure 11. Gnathopleura josequesadai, holotype.