Adelius adrianguadamuzi 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

Adelius adrianguadamuzi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 85

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADF7277. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATTTGATCAGGTGGTTTAGGTTTATCACTAAGAATAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAACAGTAGGAAGTTATTTGGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTAACTCTTCATGCTTTTGTGATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGGTTAATTCCATTAATAGTAATAAGACCTGATATATCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATGAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTGATTATGAGAAGATTTGTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAATTATAGGTCATGGTGGTGTAGCTGTAGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACACTTAGCTGGGATTTCATCAATTATGGGTGCTATAAATTTTATTGTTACAATTTTTAATAGATCAATATTAATAAATATATTTAATAAAATTTCTTTATTTTGTTGATCTGTTTTTATTACAGCTTTTTTATTGCTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGAT----------------------------. Similar to A. excelsus Bortoni and Shimbori, but differs slightly in color, and the hind tibia is much more swollen in A. adrianguadamuzi .

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, 18-25/x/2014, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG31661-B07..

Paratypes.

None.

Note.

The holotype and all but one paratype of A. excelsus are from high elevation localities in Colombia. The paratype of A. excelsus from Costa Rica is likely to be a member of A. adrianguadamuzi in the opinion of MJS.

Etymology.

Adelius adrianguadamuzi is named to honor Sr. Adrian Guadamuz of GDFCF and ACG for his many years as a dedicated plant parataxonomist, and Malaise and mouse live trapper for ACG.

Figures

Figure 85. Adelius adrianguadamuzi, holotype A BOLD image B mounted image.