Macrocentrus gretchendailyae 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 gretchendailyae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 301

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically. Ventral half of mesopleuron and part of metapleuron largely black and first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided. Differs from M. jesseausubeli , M. gustavogutierrezi , and M. jennyphillipsae by having the hind femur pale brown (black in other species) and the first metasomal tergite yellowish brown.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, San Lucas, 10.91846, -85.30338, 320 meters, caterpillar collection date: 8/i/2014, wasp eclosion date: 3/ii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Piletosoma thialis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Doliocarpus multiflorus ( Dilleniaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-40250, DHJPAR0054411.

Paratypes.

Host = Piletosoma thialis : DHJPAR0017227, DHJPAR0035152, DHJPAR0035306, DHJPAR0035305, DHJPAR0040082, DHJPAR0035262, DHJPAR0035264, DHJPAR0035269, DHJPAR0035151, DHJPAR0038018, DHJPAR0063008, DHJPAR0063009, DHJPAR0063035. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus gretchendailyae is named to honor Dr. Gretchen Daily of Stanford University for her decades of intense interest in the bioeconomics of integrating society with wild nature.

Figures

Figure 301. Macrocentrus gretchendailyae, holotype.