Therophilus gracewoodae 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

Therophilus gracewoodae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 21

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0457. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGGTCGGGTATTTTGGGATTATCAATAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAATTGGGGGTAACTTAATTGGTAACGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTGATTCCTTTAATATTGGGGGGGCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCCCGGATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTGAGTTCATTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATAAGTCATAGAGGTATATCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGTATTTCATCAATTATGGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTTAATATATGAATTATAATAATTAAAATTGATAAAATACCATTATTAGTTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTGGCTGGGGCTATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGGGGGGA.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 10.92471, -85.46738, 1,080 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/iv/2010, wasp eclosion date: 10/v/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Rhodoneura terminalis ( Thyrididae ) feeding on Hampea appendiculata ( Malvaceae )

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-35134, DHJPAR0039519.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

The species name is a patronym for Grace Wood, renowned entomologist.

Figures

Figure 21. Therophilus gracewoodae, holotype.