Mesocoelus davidsmithi 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

Mesocoelus davidsmithi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 14

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAV4319. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGTATGGGCAGGAATTTTAGGGTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAGTTATTGGAAATTTTATTGGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGGATTGTTACAGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCATTAATAGTAGGAGGACCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTATTATTAATTTTAAGGTCAATAGTTAATGTTGGGGTAGGAACTGGGTGAACAGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATATAAGGCATAGAGGGATTTCTGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACACATTGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATAAACTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATATGAATCATTAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATACCTTTATTAGTATGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCCGGAGCAATTACTATATTGTTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGACCCGACAGGAGGAGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Of the two described species, M. davidsmithi is closest to M. laeviceps in that they both lack distinct notauli. To differentiate these two, M. davidsmithi has 27 flagellomeres, whereas M. laeviceps has between 19 and 22.

Holotype ♀.

Heredia, 6 km ENE Vara Blanca, 10.183, -84.12, 2000 meters, 09/iv/2002, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. H1731.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Dave Smith, eminent symphytologist.

Figures

Figure 14. Mesocoelus davidsmithi, holotype.