Proterops iangauldi 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

Proterops iangauldi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 359

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0222. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATAGGAGAGGTATAATTGGATTTCTTTAAGAATAATTATTCGATTAGAGTTAGGTTTACCAGGAAAATTTTTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAACAGAATTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGATTTATTAATAATGGGGTAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTGTCATTATTAATAGGACATAGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTGAGAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATACGATTAATTGGAATGAGAATAGATAAAATTTCTTTATTGGTTTGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTT------------------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Horizontes, Quebrada San Pancho, 10.74769, -85.58577, 90 meters, sawfly larva collection date: 26/v/2000, wasp eclosion date: 12/vi/2000. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Sphacophilus edus ( Argidae ) feeding on Heteropterys laurifolia ( Malpighiaceae ).

Sawfly larva and holotype voucher codes. 00-SRNP-7495, DHJPAR0015459.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0015457, DHJPAR0015458, DHJPAR0015460, DHJPAR0015461, DHJPAR0015462, DHJPAR0015463, DHJPAR0015464. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Proterops iangauldi is named in honor of Ian Gauld (RIP) attending the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing his wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Figures

Figure 359. Proterops iangauldi, holotype.