Exasticolus randallgarciai 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

Exasticolus randallgarciai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 208

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACM4427. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTTTATTAGGTATTTGAGCAGGGATTTTAGGAATATCTATGAGAATTTTAATTCGTATAGAATTAATGATACCTGGGAGATTTTTAAGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGGATAGTAACTAGACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCAATAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGTTAGGATGTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTAATATTAAGAAATATAGTAAATTTAGGAGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACTGTATACCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATTTAAGTCATAGGGGGATATCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACGATCAGAAGGAATTTTTATAGATAAAATTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTTTTTATTACAGTAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCCATTACTATATTATTGACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGATCCTTGTGGTGGGGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Similar to E. xmatkuilensis López-Martínez, Delfin-González & van Achterberg, 2011 but differing in the degree of sculpture on the frons, which is relatively smooth in E. xmatkuilensis and with more carinae in this species. The ocelli are much smaller in E. xmatkuilensis , and the black color restricted to the stemmaticum in E. xmatkuilensis is more extensive in E. randallgarciai .

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Nacho, 10.98445, -85.42481, 710 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/xi/2013, wasp eclosion date: 15/i/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Leptostales angulataDHJ01 ( Geometridae ) feeding on Sabicea panamensis ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-31747, DHJPAR0054461.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Exasticolus randallgarciai is named in honor of Randall Garcia of former INBio, San José, Costa Rica, in recognition of his decades of facilitating ACG germination and growth from its beginning in 1986 to the present day.

Figures

Figure 208. Exasticolus randallgarciai, holotype.