Exasticolus sigifredomarini 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

Exasticolus sigifredomarini Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 211

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACM4428. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTGGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTATGTCTATAAGAGTTTTAATTCGTATAGAATTAATAATACCAGGTAGATTTTTAAGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTAGACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCAATAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATGTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGTATAGTAAATTTGGGTGTAGGGACAGGTTGAACAGTTTAYCCTCCTTTGTCATTAAATTTAAGTCATAGAGGAATATCTGTGGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGAATTTCATCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACGTTCTAATATAATTTTTATAGATAAAATTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACTGTAATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTGACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTGTGGTGGGGGGGACCCAATTTTGTATCAACATTTATTT. Similar to E. fuscicornis (Cameron, 1887) but differing in the ratio of forewing veins r/3RSa, which is 1.4-1.5 in E. fuscicornis and 1.1 in Exasticolus sigifredomarini .

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Aura, 10.96536, -85.32386, 432 meters, caterpillar collection date: 02/vi/2017, wasp eclosion date: 29/vi/2017. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Malocampa matralis ( Notodontidae ) feeding on Pseudolmedia mollis ( Moraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 17-SRNP-26903 DHJPAR0061471.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Malocampa matralis and Sericochroa felderi ( Notodontidae ). DHJPAR0029336, DHJPAR0054460. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Exasticolus sigifredomarini is named to honor Sigifredo Marin of Liberia, Costa Rica, in emphatic recognition of his decades of effort to support the germination and growth of Area de Conservación Guanacaste and the projects of the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund.

Figures

Figure 211. Exasticolus sigifredomarini, holotype.