Pseudophanerotoma alexsmithi 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

Pseudophanerotoma alexsmithi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 203

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACB1516. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATATATTCTGGTATATTAGGGTTATCATTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGGTGTTTAGGTAGGTTATTAGGRAATGATCAAATTTATAATATAATTGTTACAATTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATTGATTGGTACCTTTAATAATTGGTGGACCAGATATATCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTATTAYTACCTTCTTTATTTTTATTAATTATATCAAGATTTGTAAATATAGGAGTTGGTACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCATTGTCATTAATAATTGGTCATGGTGGTATATCAGTTGATATAGCTATTTATTCATTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTACAAATATATGGAATTTTAAATTGTTTGATAAAATATCYTTGTTTAGATGGTCAGTAATTATTACAGCTTTATTACTTTTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCAAGGGGTGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATACCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.96187, -85.28045, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/iii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 20/iii/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Cosmorrhyncha albistrigulana ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Dialium guianense ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-67407, DHJPAR0049445.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Cosmorrhyncha albistrigulana , Cosmorrhyncha brown001. DHJPAR0049430, DHJPAR0049441, DHJPAR0049443, DHJPAR0049444, DHJPAR0049450, DHJPAR0049452, DHJPAR0049453, DHJPAR0049456, DHJPAR0049458, DHJPAR0049459, DHJPAR0049460, DHJPAR0049461, DHJPAR0049462, DHJPAR0049463, DHJPAR0049466, DHJPAR0049473, DHJPAR0055194, DHJPAR0055300. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Pseudophanerotoma alexsmithi is named to honor Dr. Alex Smith of the University of Guelph in recognition of his dedicated logistic, taxonomic, and ecological support for all things ACG, with special emphasis on the biology of the volcano elevational gradients in biodiversity.

Figures

Figure 203. Pseudophanerotoma alexsmithi, holotype.