Macrocentrus hannahjamesae 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 hannahjamesae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 304

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABA9321. Consensus barcode. TGTATTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCCGGGGTATTGGGCTTGTCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAGGTCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTTCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATCGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAGGATTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTTTATCATTGAATATTAGTCATATAGGAATTTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTGGCTGGGGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATCATTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCATGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTGTTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically, and mesosternum, ventral half of mesopleuron and metapleuron brownish yellow. It shares with M. lucianocapelli the somewhat widened subapical part of vein 1A of forewing, but differs by the posteriorly parallel-sided first tergite (distinctly widened in M. lucianocapelli ), face with dark brown heart-shaped patch (entirely yellowish brown in M. lucianocapelli ), and hind tibia largely dark brown (brownish yellow in M. lucianocapelli ).

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Finca San Gabriel, 10.87766, -85.39343, 645 meters, caterpillar collection date: 14/vii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 7/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Syllepis marialis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Allophylus psilospermus ( Sapindaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-2806, DHJPAR0045376.

Paratypes.

Host = Syllepis marialis : DHJPAR0028984, DHJPAR0036307, DHJPAR0036308, DHJPAR0045386. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus hannahjamesae is named to honor Miss Hannah James for her intense effort to mold the publicity outreach for the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Figures

Figure 304. Macrocentrus hannahjamesae, holotype.