Yelicones markmetzi 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

Yelicones markmetzi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 457

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0488. Consensus barcode. GGATTAGTAGGATTATCTTTAAGAGTGATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGTAATTTGGGGAGGTTACTAGGAAGAGACCAGATTTATAATGTAGTAGTAACTATACATGCCTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTGATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGGTTTGGGAATTGGTTAGTTCCATTAATGATAGGGGGGCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCACGGATGAATAATATGAGGTTTTGGTTATTATTACCCTCATTTTTTTTGATAATATTAAGAGGATTTATAAATGTAGGGGGAGGAACGGGGTGGACTATTTACCCTCCTTTAAGGTCTTTAATAGGGCATATAGGAGTTTCTGTTGATATAATAATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCAGGGGTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTGTAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTATTTTTACAGATGGATCAAATTGTATTATTTTCATGGTCGGTATTAATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTAATATCTTTGCCAGTTTTAGCAGGAGGGATTACGATGTTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATTATTCGGGGGGGGGG. Keys to couplet 40 in Areekul and Quicke (2006) where it fails because the forewing is yellow basally and dark apically, without a transverse band below the stigma, which is uniformly brown rather than bicolored or dark yellow.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Vado Agria, 10.75876, -85.37543, 560 meters, caterpillar collection date: 7/vii/2008, wasp eclosion date: 25/viii/2008. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Accinctapubes albifasciata ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Damburneya salicifolia ( Lauraceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 08-SRNP-56572, DHJPAR0028135.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Yelicones markmetzi is named in recognition of Mark Metz’s contribution to the inventory of ACG through the identification of Gelechioidea .

Figures

Figure 457. Yelicones markmetzi, holotype.