Stiropius berndkerni 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

Stiropius berndkerni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 422

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABV9879. Consensus barcode. TTTTTATATTTTTTTTTTGGTATATGATCAGGTATTTTGGGTATATCTATAAGTATAATTATTCGTTTTGAATTAAGTATTTCAGGTTCTTTTTTGGGTAATGAACAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTAATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATGATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGGTTGATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTATAATAATATTATTAATAACTTTTTTTGTTAATGTGGGGGTAGGCACTGGGTGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTGTCTTCTTTATTAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCTATAGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAATTTATTTCATATAAAAATAGATCAGATTGTTTTATTTATTTGATCTGTTTTGATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTACAATATTGTTATTTGATCGTAATATTAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTC.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 10.93328, -85.45729, 1460 meters, caterpillar collection date: 06/i/2009, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. DHJPAR0045983.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Stiropius berndkerni is a patronym for the late Bernd Kern in appreciation of his many years of contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF.

Figures

Figure 422. Stiropius berndkerni, holotype.