Macrocentrus lucianocapelli Sharkey & van Achterberg, 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

Macrocentrus lucianocapelli Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 318

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically. Ventral halves of mesopleuron and metapleuron brownish yellow. It shares with M. hannahjamesae the somewhat widened subapical part of vein 1A of forewing, but differs by the comparatively robust and posteriorly distinctly widened first tergite (parallel-sided in M. hannahjamesae ), face entirely yellowish brown (with dark brown heart-shaped patch in M. hannahjamesae ), and hind tibia brownish yellow (largely dark brown in M. hannahjamesae ).

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.962, -85.28, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/x/2013, wasp eclosion date: 2/xi/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Apogeshna stenialisDHJ03 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Bravaisia integerrima ( Acanthaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-79776, DHJPAR0054348.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus lucianocapelli is named to honor Sr. Luciano Capelli (RIP) for his generous and enormously illustrative photography of ACG and its biodiversity for ACG and public use.

Figures

Figure 318. Macrocentrus lucianocapelli, holotype.