Exasticolus tomlewinsoni 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

Exasticolus tomlewinsoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 212

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADB0948. Consensus barcode. ATTTTGTATTTTTTATTAGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGAATATCTATAAGAATTTTAATTCGAATAGAGTTAATAATACCAGGTAGGTTTTTAAGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACTAGACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCTATAATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATGTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGTATAGTAAATTTAGGAGTAGGAACTGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATTTAAATCATGGRGGGATGTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACGATCTGATATAATTTTTATAGATAAAATTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACAGTAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCYGTATTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGA. Similar to E. xmatkuilensis López-Martínez, Delfin-González & van Achterberg (2011) but differing in that the basal antennal flagellomeres and the area lateral to the ocelli are black in specimens of Exasticolus tomlewinsoni and pale in E. xmatkuilensis .

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Pailas Dos, 10.7612, -85.3353, 791 meters, Malaise trap, 5/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG28731-E04.

Paratypes.

BIOUG28713-H02, BIOUG28408-A02, BIOUG29043-D07, BIOUG28817-F06, BIOUG28731-F03. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Exasticolus tomlewinsoni is named to acknowledge the participation and guidance of Tom Lewinson at the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing his wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Figures

Figure 212. Exasticolus tomlewinsoni, holotype.