Cubus duvalierbricenoi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson, 2025

Zuñiga, Ronald, Valerio, Alejandro A., Hanson, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2025, Endoparasitoid wasps of the genus Cubus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae) reared from caterpillars of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Zootaxa 5590 (3), pp. 365-385 : 374-375

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F0E3823-08CF-45F0-B7B5-2E2FF662035B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14953280
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3B16B-FFD6-FF8F-63E2-0954FDD84AE6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cubus duvalierbricenoi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cubus duvalierbricenoi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson , sp. nov.

( Figs. 14 View FIGURES 11–15 , 19 View FIGURES 16–21 )

Diagnostic description. Female. Fore wing length 6.4 mm. Malar space about 0.4 × basal mandibular width; combined face and clypeus (from clypeal apex to level of antennal sockets) about 1.4 × as high as wide (shortest distance between the eyes); posterior ocellus separated from eye by 0.6 × its own maximum diameter; antenna with 28 flagellomeres. Posterior projections of ventral mesothorax flattened and sharply pointed. Coloration. Black mark on occiput reaching laterally well beyond inner eye margin, with dorsal margin of black mark more or less parallel to eye margin; lower 0.6 of pronotum black; ventral mesothorax completely yellow; hind coxa with black mark on internal surface only; tergite I with median black line reaching middle of tergite, with posterior portion greatly expanded laterally, or with black mark restricted to middle.

Male. Similar to female.

Comments. Cubus duvalierbricenoi and C. manuelzumadoi are the only species lacking a black spot on the external surface of the hind coxa but having a black spot on the internal surface. However, these two species are readily distinguished by the form of the posterior mesosternal projections and the size of the black spot on the occiput.

Hosts. This species was found in Mundo Nuevo Sector. It has been reared on three occasions from Phaedropsis Solis 348 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Triplaris melaenodendron ( Polygonaceae ).

Etymology. This species is named in honor of Duvalier Briceño, an ACG parataxonomist, in recognition of his contributions to the ACG tachinid fly inventory

Material. Holotype. ♀. Deposited at EMUS. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0041062 . 2. Caterpillar Voucher: D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs, DB: http://Janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de Conservation Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 10-SRNP-57323. Database information: Costa Rica, ACG, Guanacaste Prov., Sector Nuevo Mundo, Sendero Mora , 10.76828, -85.42567, 480 (Jose Cortez) caterpillar feeding on Triplari s melaenodendron ( Polygonaceae ) coll. 12. xi.2010 wasp eclosed 20.xii.2010 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. 2 ♀, ( MNCR). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: 13-SRNP-57596: DHJPAR0054911 (♀) ; 13-SRNP-57592: DHJPAR0054907 (♀) .

Barcode. DNA barcode of female holotype DHJPAR0041062 (636 bp): TGATCAGGAACAATTGGAACTTCAACAAGTATAATTATTCGAATTCAACTTATAAATCCAATAAAACCATTAATTA TTAATGATCAAATATACAATTCTTTAGTAACAATACATGCATTTTTAATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCTACAAT AATTGGAGGATTTGGAAACTGACTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGAACACCCGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAAT ATAAGATTTTGACTTTTACCACCTTCAATAATTCTACTATTAATAAGTAGAATTATTAATCAAGGTCCAGGTACTG GATGAACAGTATATCCACCATTATCATCTAATATTAGTCATGAAGGAATATCAGTTGATTATGCTATTTTCTCCCT TCACATTGCAGGGTCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATTTAAAAATTAAAAAT TTAAAAATAAGACAATTAAACCTCTTTTCATGATCAATTATTATTACATCAATTTTACTTCTTTTAGCTGTTCCTG TTCTTGCAGGTGCTTTAACAATACTATTTTTGATCGAAACTTAAATACATCATTCTTTGATCCATCAGGTGGAGGT GATCCAATTCTTTTTCAACATTTATTT