Therophilus maetoi 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

Therophilus maetoi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 22

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAU5369. Consensus barcode. ATTTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGATTATCAATAAGTTTATTAGTTCGAATGGAATTAAGAATTRGTGGTAATTTTATTGGKAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTAACTGCACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCAATYATAATTGGAGGRTTTGGTAATTGGTTAGTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATYCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTRAGATCATTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGWACWGGTTGAACAGTATAYCCRCCRTTATCWTTAAATATAAGACATAGGGGTATATCTGTTGATTTRGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTATAGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATATGAATTATTAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATRCCTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGTGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Heredia, 6 km ENE Vara Blanca, 10.183, -84.12, 2000 meters, 21/ii/2002, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. H1168.

Paratypes.

H1148, H1150, H1168.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Kaoru Maetô, renowned Japanese braconidologist.

Figures

Figure 22. Therophilus maetoi, holotype.