Dolichozele josephinerodriguezae 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

Dolichozele josephinerodriguezae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 283

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAF3799. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGAATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCGATAAGAATTATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGACAATCAGGATCATTTATTTGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTAACTGCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATGATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTATTATTATTAATGAGTGGATTTATAAATATTGGAGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATATTAGTCAAAGAGGAATATCAGTTGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGTATCATCAATTATAGGGTCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTTTAAATATACGAAATTATGGAATTATTATAGAAAAAATTAGATTATTATGTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGTAATTTTATTATTAATATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT. The new species shares with D. fuscivertex (Enderlein) the dark brown band on the vertex, but differs by the comparatively robust first tergite (distinctly widened posteriorly and approx. 3 × longer than its apical width (parallel-sided in D. fuscivertex and approx. 5 × longer than its apical width), inner hind claw of female different from outer hind claw (similar in D. fuscivertex ) and subbasal cell of forewing with faint nearly round sclerome (absent in D. fuscivertex ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Estación Pailas, 785 meters, 10.76969, -85.34080, caterpillar collection date: 01/viii/1998, wasp eclosion date: 3/ix/1998. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Bagisara albicosta ( Noctuidae ) feeding on Croton morifolius ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 98-SRNP-11256, DHJPAR0029357.

Paratypes.

Host = Bagisara albicosta : DHJPAR0029416, DHJPAR0029417, DHJPAR0029415, DHJPAR0029356, DHJPAR0021564, DHJPAR0021114. Depository: CNC.

Note.

males and females differ strongly in color.

Etymology.

Dolichozele josephinerodriguezae is named to honor Dr. Josephine Rodriguez of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, for her intense collaboration and taxonomy of ACG Microgastrinae as part of the ACG ongoing Biodiversity Inventory.

Figures

Figure 283. Dolichozele josephinerodriguezae: holotype female except male paratype (upper right); image added to show sexual dimorphism.