Macrocentrus grettelvegae 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 grettelvegae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 302

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7466. Consensus barcode. YATATTRTATTTTTTRTTTGGTATRTGRTCTGGGGWRWTAGGTTTATCAYTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTRGGTCAAATTGGTTYATTTATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTAYAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGKTTTGGHAATTGRTTRATTCCYTTAATATTAGGRAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTARTTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGWGGRTTTATAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTWTAYCCYCCTTTATCAYTAAATGTTAGTCATATAGGRATTTCTGTMGATATAGYTATTTTTTCAYTACATTTGGCTGGWATTTCTTCAATTATAGGKGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATYATGATCAATTTTAATTACRGCTATTTTATTATTRTTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCWATTACAATATTRTTAACTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACATCYTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGRGRYCCTATTTTATAYCAACATTTATTT. Belongs to the group with vein M+Cu of forewing distinctly widened apically. Vein 1Cua of forewing approx. 3 × wider than vein 1Cub. Ventral half of mesopleuron and metapleuron brownish yellow. Vein 1A of forewing narrow subapically and of metapleuron brownish yellow. Shares with M. gregburtoni the pale hind tibia and pale yellow head (except for blackish stemmaticum and its surroundings); it differs by the yellowish brown pterostigma (largely dark brown in M. gregburtoni ), comparatively slender second metasomal tergite (rather robust in M. gregburtoni ), pale brown first tergite (largely dark brown in M. gregburtoni ), and mainly yellowish brown dorsal face of mesosoma (largely blackish in M. gregburtoni ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.86472, -85.41531, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/vi/2011, wasp eclosion date: 3/vii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Desmia ploralis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Hamelia patens ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-2291, DHJPAR0045379.

Paratypes.

Host = Desmia ploralisDHJ10 and Desmia benealisDHJ03: DHJPAR0040350, DHJPAR0045377. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus grettelvegae is named to honor Sra. Grettel Vega of SINAC for her support of BioAlfa as Director of SINAC, Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas.

Figures

Figure 302. Macrocentrus grettelvegae, holotype.