Aerophilus fundacionbandorum 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

? Aerophilus fundacionbandorum Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 6 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ACN0950; nearest neighbor: Aerophilus calcaratus BOLD:AAU4711; distance to nearest neighbor is 5.81%. Consensus barcode AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGATCTGGTATTTTAGGATTATCAATAAGAATCATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGATTAGGGGGTAATTTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTCTGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCGATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAGGTCCAGATATGGCCTTTCCACGRATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTAATTTTAAGATCAATATTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGTACGGGATGAACTGTYTATCCTCCCTTATCATTAAATATAAGTCATAGAGGAATATCTGTAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATAYTGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATAAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATATGRATAATAAATGTAAAAATTGATAAAATACCTTTATTGGTATGATCTATTTTTATTCTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTCTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATCTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTTATTT

Morphological data.

Aerophilus fundacionbandorum keys to A. macadamiae in Sharkey et al. (2011). Aerophilus fundacionbandorum differs in many ways. One of the most obvious is its wide, sharply angled, median propodeal areola (Fig. 6 ). In A. macadamiae the areola is gradually narrowed anteriorly. A. fundacionbandorum can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor, A. calcaratus , by its more heavily sculptured first metasomal tergum. It is mostly striate in A. fundacionbandorum and mostly smooth in A. calcaratus ( Sharkey et al. 2016: figs 12, 13).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla Bullas, 440 m, 10.98670 -85.38503; host caterpillar collection date:07/x/2013, parasitoid eclosion: 12/xi/2013; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0054494.

Holotype host data.

Loxiorhiza unitula ( Thyrididae ) feeding on Schnella guianensis ( Fabaceae ), caterpillar voucher code13-SRNP-71694.

Paratype.

Same host species as that of holotype DHJPAR0054547.

Etymology.

Aerophilus fundacionbandorum is named in honor of the BAND Foundation of the USA, in recognition of its decades of support for growth and development of Costa Rica’s Área de Conservación Guanacaste and most recently for adding 85 more hectares to ACG of original forest, Bosque Transición, lying on the nearly extinct fusion of dry forest with rain forest (http://www.gdfcf.org/content/ introducing-bosque-transición).

Figures

Figure 6. Aerophilus fundacionbandorum, holotype.