Therophilus bobwhartoni 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

Therophilus bobwhartoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 19

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAY4688. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGGTCGGGTATTTTGGGATTATCGATAAGTTTATTAATTCGGATGGAATTAAGAGTAGGGGGTAATTTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGTTAGGGGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCCTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTGAGGTCATTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGGACTGGRTGAACAGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATAAGTCATAGGGGGATATCTGTTGATTTAGCGATTTTTTCTTTGCATATGGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATGGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATATGAATTATAAATATTAAAATTGATAAGATACCTTTATTAGTTTGATCGATTTTAATTACGGCAATTTTGTTATTATTATCATTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGACCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGTGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Nayo, 10.92446, -85.46953, 1090 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/ii/2007, wasp eclosion date: 18/iii/2007. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of elachJanzen01 Janzen161 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Viburnum costaricanum .

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 07-SRNP-35262, DHJPAR0062169.

Paratype.

Host = elachJanzen01 Janzen161: DHJPAR0041864.

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of Bob Wharton, eminent braconidologist.

Figures

Figure 19. Therophilus bobwhartoni, holotype.