Yelicones monserrathvargasae 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

Yelicones monserrathvargasae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 458

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADQ1035. Consensus barcode. TTTATTATACTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGATCAGGTTTATTAGGATTATCTTTTAGTATAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAATAACCCTGGGAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATTTAATGGTTACTATTCATGCTTTTATTATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGGAATTGATTGATCCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTGATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTGATAATATTGAGTGGTTTTATAAATGTAGGGGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTAAGATCTTTAATAGGTCATAGAGGATTTTCTGTAGATTTTATAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCGGGGTTTTCTTCAATCATGGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAATTTTTATAAAATTAGATCAAATAAGTTTATTTATTTGATCTGTTCTAATTACAGCTTTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGGAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGGGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTGTTTCAACATTTATTT. This species keys to couplet 69 in Areekul and Quicke (2006) where it fails because the head and face (including clypeus) are entirely black.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Memos, 10.9817, -85.4278, 740 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/i/2018, wasp eclosion date: 13/iii/2018. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Monoloxis flavicintalisDHJ02 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Lacistema aggregatum ( Lacistemataceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 18-SRNP-30118, DHJPAR0062960.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Yelicones monserrathvargasae is named in honor of Monserrath Vargas’ long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 458. Yelicones monserrathvargasae, holotype.