Ascogaster gustavoecheverrii 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

Ascogaster gustavoecheverrii Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 89

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAL0574. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGAATTTGATCTGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCCTTAAGTTTATTAATTTGTATAGAATTAAGATTAGTTTCTTCTTATTTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAGTAGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGCGGTTTCGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATGTCTTTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATTTAAGTTTTCGACTTTTGGTTCCTTCTCTATTTTATTCAATATTAAGAGGTATTTTAAATACTGGGAATGGTACAGGATGAACAGTATATCCACCATTATCATTAGGAATATATCATAGAGGTATTTCTGTAGATCTTAGAATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGTATATCATCAATTTTAGGAGCTTTAAATTTTATTATTACTATTTATTGTATATGAATTGGTTTTAAAAATATAAATAAATTATCATTATWTGTTTGATCTGTATTAATTACTACTTTTTTATTAATTACATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGAAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCATCTGGTGGAGGAGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/xi/2013, wasp eclosion date: 12/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Megalota crassana ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Croton schiedeanus ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-6613, DHJPAR0054560.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Megalota ochreoapex , Megalota spinulosa , Megalota simpliciana , Megalota delphinosema , Megalota crassana . DHJPAR0042852, DHJPAR0042856, DHJPAR0045414, DHJPAR0046941, DHJPAR0049003, DHJPAR0053678, DHJPAR0054566, DHJPAR0062572. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Ascogaster gustavoecheverrii is named to honor Sr. Gustavo Echeverri for his thousands of hectares donated to ACG and financial support of the ACG Biological Education Program.

Figures

Figure 89. Ascogaster gustavoecheverrii, holotype.