Plesiocoelus vanachterbergi 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

Plesiocoelus vanachterbergi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 16

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABX6701. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTCGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTGGGRTTATCAATAAGWTTGGTTATTCGAATGGAATTAAGAATTACTAGAAATTTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTT-CTRCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTAATACCTATTATGATTGGGGGATTYGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTATTATTAATTTCTAGCTCAATTATTAATGTTGGAGTAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATTTAAGTCATAGTGGAATTTCAGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGAGCAATAAATTTTATTACT-CTATTTTAAATATATGRATAATTAAAATTAATGTTGATAAAATAACTTTATTGATTTGRTCAATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCGGTWTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGGGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Jacobo, 10.94076, -85.3177, 461 meters, caterpillar collection date: 28/vii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 8/viii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Brenthia Janzen02 ( Choreutidae ) feeding on leaves of Rhynchosia calycosa ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-69969, DHJPAR0053046.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Brenthia Janzen02, Brenthia Janzen05, Brenthia Janzen14, Brenthia Janzen15. DHJPAR0049867, DHJPAR0048215, DHJPAR0050114, DHJPAR0053040, DHJPAR0053044, DHJPAR0053045, DHJPAR0053033, DHJPAR0045360. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of Kees van Achterberg, eminent braconidologist and author of the genus.

Figures

Figure 16. Plesiocoelus vanachterbergi, holotype.