Zacremnops brianbrowni 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

Zacremnops brianbrowni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 24

Diagnosis.

The COI barcode has only 293 bases and therefore was not given a BIN. This species can be distinguished from all other species of Zacremnops by red coloration restricted to the metapleuron (i.e., not on the propodeum) in combination with the melanic hind tarsus.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Juntas, 10.90661, -85.28784, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/viii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 3/ix/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Microthyris prolongalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Ipomoea batatas ( Convolvulaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-42859, DHJPAR0041189.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Brian Brown, eminent dipterist (phoridologist).

Figures

Figure 24. Zacremnops brianbrowni, holotype.