Cubus duvalierbricenoi Zuniga, Valerio & Hanson 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zuñiga, Ronald
name: Valerio, Alejandro A.
name: Hanson, Paul
name: Hallwachs, Winnie
name: Janzen, Daniel H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cubus
Cubus duvalierbricenoi

description: Cubus duvalierbricenoi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson, sp. nov.
(Figs. 14, 19)
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. 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
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 365-385 in Zootaxa 5590 (3) on pages 374-375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14953270