Ascogaster guillermopereirai 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

Ascogaster guillermopereirai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 88

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACJ4048. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGAATAATTGGATTATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGTTCAGTTTCTTCTTATTTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGCTTCGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATATCTTTCCCTCGATTGAATAATTTGAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCACTTTTTTTTTTATTAATTGGTGGTATTTTGAATTCAGGAGTTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCACCGTTGTCATTAGGTATTTATCATAGAGGTATTTCTGTAGATTTAAGTATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGAATATCTTCAATTTTAGGGGCCTTAAATTTTATTATTACTATTTATTGTATATGGTTAGGTTCAAAAAATATGGATAAGTTATCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTAATAATTACTGCATTTTTATTAATTACATCTTTACCAGTTCTAGCAGGCGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGTGGTGATCCTGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 10.90037 -85.37254, 500 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/ix/2012, wasp eclosion date: 15/x/2012.

Host data. Mictopsichia Janzen330 ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Marcgravia nepenthoides ( Marcgraviaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-5277, DHJPAR0051332.

Paratype.

Host = Mictopsichia Janzen330: DHJPAR0051327.

Etymology.

Ascogaster guillermopereirai is named to honor Sr. Guillermo Pereira of GDFCF and ACG for his many decades as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist, Malaise and mouse live-trapper, and specimen processor for ACG.

Figures

Figure 88. Ascogaster guillermopereirai, holotype.