Ascogaster grettelvegae 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

Ascogaster grettelvegae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 87

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABX8525. Consensus barcode. TATTTGGACTATCTTTAAGTTTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGTTCTATTACTTCTTATTTAGGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGAGTAGTTACTCTACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGCGGTTTTGGAAATTGGTTGGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAGGACCAGATATATCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATTTAAGATTTTGATTGTTAGTACCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTAATAGAAGTTTTATTAATGTAGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTGTATATCCGCCTTTATCTCTTATAATTGGCCATAGAGGAGCTTCTGTAGATTTAAGTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCTGGAATATCCTCTATTATAGGGGCTGTAAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATAAGTTTTAGATTTAAAAATATAGATAAATTTCCTTTGTTTGTGTGATCAATTATAATTACTGCAATTTTATTACTTCTATCTTTACCTGTCTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGACCCCTCAGGGGGCGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.865, -85.415, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 13/i/2011, wasp eclosion date: 05/ii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Episimus ortygia ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Vismia baccifera ( Hypericaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-180, DHJPAR0043010.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Ascogaster grettelvegae is named to honor Sra. Grettel Vega of SINAC for her support of BioAlfa as Director of SINAC, Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation areas.

Figures

Figure 87. Ascogaster grettelvegae, holotype.