Macrocentrus gregburtoni Sharkey & van Achterberg, 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

Macrocentrus gregburtoni Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 300

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically. Vein 1Cua of forewing approx. 3 × wider than vein 1Cub, vein 1A of forewing narrow subapically and of metapleuron brownish yellow. Shares with M. grettelvegae the pale (yellowish brown or brownish yellow) hind tibia and pale yellow head (except for black stemmaticum); it differs by the largely dark brown pterostigma (yellowish brown in M. grettelvegae ), rather robust second metasomal tergite (slenderer in M. grettelvegae ), largely dark brown first tergite (pale brown in M. grettelvegae ), and largely blackish dorsal face of mesosoma (mainly yellowish brown in M. grettelvegae ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Estación Pitilla, 10.98931, -85.42581, 675 meters, caterpillar collection date: 5/iv/2010, wasp eclosion date: 21/iv/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Herpetogramma phaeopteralis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Paspalum nutans ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-30965, DHJPAR0039541.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus gregburtoni is named to honor Mr. Greg Burton of California for his support of ACG’s development of its inventory and biodiversity development.

Figures

Figure 300. Macrocentrus gregburtoni, holotype.