Macrocentrus jimwhitfieldi 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 jimwhitfieldi Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 312

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABX5241. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGATCTGGTGTGTTAGGATTATCTATAAGGCTAATTATTCGTATTGAATTAGGYCAAATTGGTTCTTTTATCGGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACATCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAGTTCCTTCATTAATATTACTAATTTTAAGGGGATTTATAAATATTGGRGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTCTATCCCCCTTTATCTTTAAATATTAGGCATATAGGAGTTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTATTACTATTATGAATATACGAAATTATGGAGTATTGATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATCTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTRTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGAYCCTGCTGGAGGAGGGGATCCTATTTTGTATCAACATTTATTT. Easy to recognize because of the mostly black hind femur tibia (except base and apex) combined with the posteriorly widened vein cu-a of forewing; metasoma dorsally black; vein 1A of forewing slender.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Leonel, 10.99637, -85.40195, 510 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/i/2010, wasp eclosion date: 27/ii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Chlamydastis Janzen04 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Pouteria campechiana ( Sapotaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-70517, DHJPAR0039160.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Stenoma Janzen199, Chlamydastis Janzen04, and Antaeotricha fascicularis (all Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0035285, DHJPAR0039156, DHJPAR0039161, DHJPAR0041521, DHJPAR0041523, DHJPAR0041525, DHJPAR0045356, DHJPAR0045361, DHJPAR0049997, DHJPAR0050004, DHJPAR0052194. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Macrocentrus jimwhitfieldi is named to honor Dr. Jim Whitfield of the University of Illinois for his decades of mentorship to DHJ about Braconidae taxonomy and stimulus for their collection and rearing from ACG, while carrying out many braconid taxonomic projects for ACG specimens.

Figures

Figure 312. Macrocentrus jimwhitfieldi, holotype.