Macrocentrus johnbrowni Sharkey & van Achterberg, 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

Macrocentrus johnbrowni Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 313

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADJ5301. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGGATATTAGGGTTATCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAGGTCAAATTGGGGCATTTATTGGGAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACATCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCGATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTGGGAAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCGTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGGGGATTTGTAAATATTGGGGCAGGTACAGGGTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTTTATCTTTAAATATTAGACATATAGGAGTTTCTGTTGATATAGTTATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGGTTATTATCATGATCTATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Shares with M. iangauldi the pale yellowish stigma contrasting with mainly dark brown veins of middle third of forewing and the robust first tergite (approx. 2.3 × longer than its apical width). Differs because of the slightly wider vein 1Cua of forewing, which is approx. as long as vein cu-a (slightly narrower and ca. 1.2 × in M. iangauldi ), basal half of vein C+SC+R of forewing dark brown (yellow in M. iangauldi ) and head pale yellow (pale brown in M. iangauldi ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Crater Bosque Sendero Adentro, 10.80348, -85.32729, 1594 meters, light trapped, 7/iv/2016. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 17-SRNP-11371, DHJPAR0061182.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus johnbrowni is named to honor Dr. John Brown of the Smithsonian Institution and USDA for his decades of journal editing and Tortricidae species identification for the ACG biodiversity inventory.

Figures

Figure 313. Macrocentrus johnbrowni, holotype.