Aerophilus davidwagneri Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Aerophilus davidwagneri Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 5 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ACJ2677; nearest neighbor: Aerophilus bradzlotnicki BOLD:ACA4771; distance to nearest neighbor is 3.9%. Consensus barcode: AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATTGTAGGATTATCAATAAGAATAATAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATAGTAGGTAATTTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTCTGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATRAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTATTATTAATTTTAAGATCTTTARTTAATATTGGTGTAGGTACTGGATGAACTGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATAAGACATAATGGAATATCAGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGTATTTCATCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTATAAATATATGAATAATTAATGTAAAAATTGATAAAATACCTTTAATAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTCTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATT-CTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTACAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the mesosoma entirely black (Fig. 5 ) compared to having large orange patches on the lateral sides ( Sharkey et al. 2011: figs 3, 4).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Cementerio Viejo, 570 m, 10.88111 -85.38889; host caterpillar collection date: 27/ii/2013, parasitoid eclosion: 19/iii/2013; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0051912.

Holotype host data.

Polyortha Janzen226 ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Desmopsis schippii ( Annonaceae ). Host caterpillar voucher code13-SRNP-972

Paratype.

Hosts are all the same as that of the holotype: DHJPAR0054734, DHJPAR0055235, DHJPAR0051139, DHJPAR0051915, DHJPAR0055516, DHJPAR0054741, DHJPAR0055237, DHJPAR0054728, DHJPAR0055233.

Etymology.

Aerophilus davidwagneri is named in honor of David Wagner of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA, for his recent work as an environmental activist for a healthier global climate and wild biodiversity.

Figures

Figure 5. Aerophilus davidwagneri, holotype.