Aerophilus paulmarshi 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

Aerophilus paulmarshi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 13

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADC6602 . Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTTTATCAATAAGAATAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGATTAGGGGGTAATTTAATTGGTAAT---GATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTTCTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGGACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTAATATTAATTTTAAGATCTTTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCAATAAATATGAGTCATAGAGGAATATCAGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTATAAATATATGAATAATCAATGTTAAAATTGATAAAATACCTTTATTAGTATGATCAATTTTTATTTCTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTAGCTGGAGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGAGGAGGAGATCC----------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-3 , 10.7631, -85.6138, 820 meters, Malaise trap, 6/iii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None .

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG29687-E06 .

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Paul Marsh, eminent braconidologist.

Note.

In the key provided by Sharkey et al. (2011a), A. paulmarshi runs to A. robpringlei (as Lytopylus robpringlei ). It differs from the latter in many characters; the most conspicuous is the head color, which is almost entirely black in A. robpringlei and pale orange-yellow in A. paulmarshi .

Figures

Figure 13. Aerophilus paulmarshi, holotype.