Macrocentrus hillaryrosnerae 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52AEF694-054E-4865-AEE9-6D5E8C1403B2

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Macrocentrus hillaryrosnerae Sharkey & van Achterberg
status

sp. nov.

Macrocentrus hillaryrosnerae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 306 View Figure 306

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABA7284. Consensus barcode. TATATTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCGGGAGTATTAGGTTTATCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAGGCCAAATTGGTTCATTTATTGGAAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTCATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTGATTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAGGGTTTGTAAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACGGTCTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGTCATATAGGAATTTCTGTAGATATCGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTGGCGGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAACTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTATTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCATGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTGTTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAACACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCCGGAGGGGGTGATCCTATTTTATATCAGCATTTATTT. Recognizable by the wide elliptical bicolored pterostigma and elongate (approx. twice as long as vein cu-a) moderately widened vein 1Cua.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Porvenir, 10.90383, -85.25964, 383 meters, caterpillar collection date: 12/iii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 30/iii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Undulambia Solis02 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Alsophila firma ( Cyatheaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-41204, DHJPAR0043202.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus hillaryrosnerae is named to honor Ms. Hillary Rosner a science journalist who did a magnificent job of explaining why mountain passes are higher in the tropics and relating that to climate change.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Macrocentrus