Therophilus penteadodiasae 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 penteadodiasae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 18

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABZ8830. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGGATTTGATCGGGAATTTTAGGGTTATCAATAAGATTATTAATTCGAATAGAGTTAAGTATTGGTGGTAATTTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATRATTGGTGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACATTATTAATTTTAAGTTCTTTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTCTATCCTCCTTTATCGTTAAATATAAGACACAGAGGAATATCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGTGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATATGAATTGTAAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATATCTTTATTGGTTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCGATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCAGTATTGGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Casa Hacha Vieja, 10.98050, -85.54429, 290 meters, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 24/ii/2014, wasp eclosion date: 17/iii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Antaeotricha Janzen146 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Lonchocarpus oliganthus ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-55508, DHJPAR0055292.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha Janzen146 and Antaeotricha Janzen366 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0055209, DHJPAR0055544.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Angelica Penteado-Dias, eminent Brazilian braconidologist.

Note.

The wing venation is very similar to that of Plesiocoelus , but the characters given in the key (above), including the shape of the subbasal cell of the hind wing, clearly place this species in Therophilus .

Figures

Figure 18. Therophilus penteadodiasae, holotype.