Proterops vickifunkae 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 vickifunkae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 360

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1715. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATTTGATCGGGAATAGTAGGTCTTTCATTAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTGGAATTAGGAATCCCTGGAAAATTTTTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATGGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGTATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGTGGATTTATAGGTAATGGTGTTGGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCACCATTGTCTTTAATTATAGGTCATTCTAGTATATCTGTAGATATAAGAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTTAATATGCGATTATTAGGGATAAGTATGGATAAAATTTCTTTATTAGTATGATCAATTTTTATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTAATATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATGTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGAGGGGATCCTATTTTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Bullas, 10.98670, -85.38503, 440 meters, sawfly larva collection date: 8/x/2009, wasp eclosion date: 3/xi/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Ptenos leucopoda ( Argidae ) feeding on Inga oerstediana ( Fabaceae ).

Sawfly larva and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-73070, DHJPAR0037943.

Paratype.

Ptenos leucopoda ( Argidae ): DHJPAR0052901. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

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

Figures

Figure 360. Proterops vickifunkae, holotype.