Austrozele jorgesoberoni 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

Austrozele jorgesoberoni Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 281

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAF0520. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCGGGAATAATTGGGTTATCAATAAGAATTATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGTCAACCTGGATCATTAATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTTACCACCCATGCTTTCATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCTATTATATTGGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGAAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCACGAATGAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTAATTCCTTCTTTATTATTATTATTATTAAGAGGATTTATAAATATTGGAGTTGGTACTGGATGAACTGTTTACCCTCCCTTATCTTTAAATATTAGACATATAGGGATATCAGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGGTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACAATTTTGAATATACGTAATTACGGARTAATTATAGAAAAAATTAGTTTATTATGTTGATCAATTTTAGTTACAGTAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGACCCTGCGGGAGGGGGGGATCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. For morphological differences see diagnosis of A. jorgecampabadali .

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Naciente, 700 meters, 10.98705, -85.42816, caterpillar collection date: 04/xi/2013, wasp eclosion date: 18/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Acrotomodes bolaDHJ01 ( Geometridae ) feeding on Pimenta guatemalensis ( Myrtaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-31637, DHJPAR0054444.

Paratypes.

Host = Pyrinia Janzen02: DHJPAR0009365, DHJPAR0029343, DHJPAR0029348, DHJPAR0042749, DHJPAR0054443, DHJPAR0054445, DHJPAR0054446, DHJPAR0054447, DHJPAR0054453, DHJPAR0063839. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Austrozele jorgesoberoni is named to honor Dr. Jorge Soberon of the University of Kansas for his seminal role in the founding and development of Mexico’s CONABIO.

Figures

Figure 281. Austrozele jorgesoberoni, holotype.