Cystomastax alexhausmanni 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

Cystomastax alexhausmanni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 415

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAJ5011. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGTATATTAGGTTTGTCTATAAGAATTATTATTCGTATAGAATTAATTAATCCTATGGGT---TTAATTAAAAATGATAATATTTATAATAGTATAGTAACGTCTCATGCATTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTATTAATAAGGTCTTTTATTAATGTTGGTGTTGGTACAGGATGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTTTTAGGTCATAGTGGTATATCAGTAGATGTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCCTCAATTATAGGTTCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTGTTAAATTTAAAATTAGATCAAATAAGATTGTTTATTTGGTCTGTTTTAATTACAGTGATTTTATTGTTGTTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATGTTATTAACGGATCGTAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGGGGAGGGGATCCTATTTTATTTCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Calma, 11.00986, -85.39213, 412 meters, caterpillar collection date: 03/19/2014, wasp eclosion date: 04/08/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Myrmecopsis strigose ( Erebidae ) feeding on Vailia anomala ( Asclepiadaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 14-SRNP-70673, DHJPAR0055780.

Paratypes.

None.

Other material.

A specimen (AL0391) in the same BIN was collected in Belize. It was not examined.

Etymology.

Cystomastax alexhausmanni is named in honor of Alex Hausmann’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 415. Cystomastax alexhausmanni, holotype.