Zamicrodus josefernandezi 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

Zamicrodus josefernandezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 28

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACC5208. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTGTTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTTTATCTATAAGAATAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATTACAAGTAATTTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATTCTATTGTCCTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGAGGACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTATTATTAATTATAAGATCTATTATTAATATTGGAGTAGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATTTAAGTCATAGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATAAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATATGAATTATTAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATACCCTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. The two described species differ from Z. josefernandezi in that their mesosomata are partly to completely pale yellow-orange, whereas that of Z. josefernandezi is completely black.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.01602, -85.38053, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 9/ii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 8/iii/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Quasimellana sethos ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on Rhipidocladum racemiflorum ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-70305, DHJPAR0048733.

09-SRNP-4023, DHJPAR0048733.

Paratypes.

Host, Quasimellana sethos : DHJPAR0057459, DHJPAR0048728.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a patronym for José Fernandez-Triana, renowned Cuban-Canadian braconidologist.

Figures

Figure 28. Zamicrodus josefernandezi, holotype.