Yelicones dirksteinkei 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/114E667F-554F-4C45-A7E7-2C4F404A091A

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:114E667F-554F-4C45-A7E7-2C4F404A091A

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scientific name

Yelicones dirksteinkei Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Yelicones dirksteinkei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 456 View Figure 456

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAT9023. Consensus barcode. TTTATTATATTTTTTTTTTGGTATTTGATCAGGTTTATTAGGTTTATCGTTAAGGTTAGTTATTCGTATAGAATTGAGGAATCCTGGAAGTTTGTTAGGGAGTGATCAATTATATAATTTAATAGTAACAATTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGTTCACCTGATATGGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTATTATTAAGAGGATTTACTAATATGGGTGTAGGCACAGGTTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTAAGATCTTTATCTGGACATCCTGGGATTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTATCATCTATTATAGGGGCTGTTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTGTATAAGTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAAGATTATTTGTATGATCTGTTTTAATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGTGGGATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATTTTGCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT. It is distinguished from all other described New World Yelicones by the uniquely colored mesoscutum and scutellum, which are piceous-black laterally and pale yellow-cream medially. In the key by Areekul and Quicke (2006) it keys out to couplet 22, but neither couplet matches it.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Rio Francia Arriba, 10.89666, -85.29003, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/v/2012, wasp eclosion date: 18/vi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. pyrabiolep01 biolep29 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Croton billbergianus ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 12-SRNP-42090, DHJPAR0049352.

Paratypes.

Host = phyBioLep01 BioLep757 ( Pyralidae ): DHJPAR0049307, DHJPAR0049352. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Yelicones dirksteinkei is named in honor of Dirk Steinke’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Yelicones