Macrocentrus jesseausubeli 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 jesseausubeli Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 310

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7403. Consensus barcode. TATCTTATATTTTATATTTGGGCTATGGTCTGGGGTATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGGTTAATTATTCGTATAGAGTTAGGTCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTGATTCCTTCTTTAACTTTATTAATTTTGAGAGGATTTATAAATATTGGGGTAGGYACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGACATATAGGARTTTCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCGGGTGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATRCGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATTATGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCCATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGGGGGGACCCTATTTTGTACCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically, mesosternum, ventral half of mesopleuron and metapleuron largely black and first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided. Differs from M. gretchendailyae , M. gustavogutierrezi , and M. jennyphillipsae by having vein 1A of forewing slender subapically and vein cu-a of forewing widened posteriorly.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Río Blanco Abajo, 10.90037, -85.37254, 500 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/x/2005, wasp eclosion date: 4/xi/2005. Depository: CNC.

Host data. spiloBioLep01 BioLep382 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Aphelandra aurantiaca ( Acanthaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 05-SRNP-6429, DHJPAR0028985.

Paratypes.

Host = Herpetogramma Solis10 ( Crambidae ): DHJPAR0028983, DHJPAR0028988, DHJPAR0041515, DHJPAR0041543, DHJPAR0048254. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus jesseausubeli is named to honor Dr. Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University for his early and strong support for the development of DNA barcoding for biodiversity identification.

Figures

Figure 310. Macrocentrus jesseausubeli, holotype.