Macrocentrus harisridhari 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 harisridhari Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 305

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7467. Consensus barcode. TATATTGTATTTTTTWWTTGGYATRTGRTCRGGAGTATTAGGTTTATCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAGGTCAAATTGGKTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGTATYGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTYATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGKGGATTTGGMAATTGATTAATTCCTTTRATRTTRGGAAGTGTWGATATRGCYTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAGGWTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCYCCYTTATCATTAAATATTAGTCATATAGGAATTTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTGGCGGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCATGATCAATTTTAATCACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTRTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATRTTGTTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTYTTTGACCCYGCYGGAGGGGGTGACCCTRTTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. There are two species in this BIN ( M. harisridhari and M. hiroshikidonoi ) that differ by almost 2%, and both share having the metasoma dark brown medio-dorsally, vein 1Cua of forewing distinctly longer than vein cu-a, R1b paler than pterostigma, and vein cu-a curved and posteriorly widened. Their barcodes form two groups with no intermediates. The two species also differ in color: M. harisridhari is darker than M. hiroshikidonoi i.e., M. harisridhari is dark brown where M. hiroshikidonoi is light reddish brown, and brownish yellow where M. hiroshikidonoi is light yellow. Morphologically, both are very similar, but M. harisridhari differs by having the first metasomal tergite slightly widened posteriorly and slightly shorter POL (0.7 × diameter of posterior ocellus vs. 0.9 × in M. hiroshikidonoi .

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Flecha, 10.94741, -85.31501, 491 meters, caterpillar collection date: 21/i/2013, wasp eclosion date: 6/ii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Undulambia Solis02 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Cyathea multiflora ( Cyatheaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-69137, DHJPAR0051314.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Undulambia Solis02, Neurophyseta camptogrammalisDHJ01 ( Pyralidae ). DHJPAR0045384, DHJPAR0043243, DHJPAR0041469, DHJPAR0050021, DHJPAR0051386. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus harisridhari is named to honor Dr. Hari Sridhari of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India for his efforts to popularize and explain, as a science writer, the processes behind some of DHJ’s papers.

Figures

Figure 305. Macrocentrus harisridhari, holotype.