Therophilus penteadodiasae 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A09AAAB1-EB00-43CD-9047-7526F4044AB1

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Therophilus penteadodiasae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Therophilus penteadodiasae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 18 View Figure 18

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABZ8830. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGGATTTGATCGGGAATTTTAGGGTTATCAATAAGATTATTAATTCGAATAGAGTTAAGTATTGGTGGTAATTTTATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATRATTGGTGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACATTATTAATTTTAAGTTCTTTAATTAATATTGGAGTTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTCTATCCTCCTTTATCGTTAAATATAAGACACAGAGGAATATCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGTGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATATGAATTGTAAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATATCTTTATTGGTTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCGATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCAGTATTGGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Casa Hacha Vieja, 10.98050, -85.54429, 290 meters, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 24/ii/2014, wasp eclosion date: 17/iii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasitoid of Antaeotricha Janzen146 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Lonchocarpus oliganthus ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-55508, DHJPAR0055292.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha Janzen146 and Antaeotricha Janzen366 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0055209, DHJPAR0055544.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Angelica Penteado-Dias, eminent Brazilian braconidologist.

Note.

The wing venation is very similar to that of Plesiocoelus , but the characters given in the key (above), including the shape of the subbasal cell of the hind wing, clearly place this species in Therophilus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Therophilus