Ascogaster katyvandusenae 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 katyvandusenae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 90

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAK1026. Consensus barcode. AATTTTGTATTTTTTATTTGGCATTTGATCCGGTGTATTTGGGTTGTCTTTAAGATTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGTTCAGTCACTTCTTATTTAGGTAATGATCAGATTTATAATAGTATTGTCACCCTTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGGGGTCCAGATATATCATTCCCTCGTATAAATAATTTAAGATTTTGATTATTGGTTCCTTCAATTATTTTACTAATTAATAGAAGTTTTATTAATGTTGGGGTAGGGACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCACCTTTATCTCTTATTATTGGACATAGAGGAGCTTCTGTAGATATAAGAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATATCTTCAATTATAGGGGCTGTAAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAACATAAGATTTAGGTTTAAAAATATGGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAATTATAATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGTTTTTTTGACCCTTCAGGGGGGGGAGACCCAATTTTATATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.865, -85.415, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/viii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 31/viii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Megalota spinulosa ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Croton schiedeanus ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-4345, DHJPAR0055824.

Paratype.

Host = Amorbia decerptana : DHJPAR0035314. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Ascogaster katyvandusenae is named to honor Mrs. Katy Van Dusen of Monteverde and Cuajiniquil for her decades of support of ACG activities with birds and marine projects, and chief collaborator with Frank Joyce.

Figures

Figure 90. Ascogaster katyvandusenae, holotype.