Cubus manuelzumbadoi 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 manuelzumbadoi

description: Cubus manuelzumbadoi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson, sp. nov.
(Figs. 5, 9, 24)
Diagnostic description. Female. Fore wing length 9.3–9.8 mm. Malar space about 0.6 × basal mandibular width; combined face and clypeus (from clypeal apex to level of antennal sockets) about 1.6 × as high as wide (shortest distance between the eyes); posterior ocellus separated from eye by 0.6 × its own maximum diameter; antenna with 32 flagellomeres. Posterior projections of ventral mesothorax conical and blunt. Coloration. Black mark on occiput small, barely reaching level of inner eye margin; lower 0.3 or 0.4 of pronotum black; ventral mesothorax completely yellow; hind coxa with black mark on internal surface only; propodeum with a longitudinal black mark that is narrower near the middle (chalice- or hourglass-shaped); tergite I with median black line reaching middle of tergite, with posterior portion greatly expanded laterally, or black mark restricted to middle.
Male. Similar to female.
Comments. Cubus manuelzumadoi and C. curtsabrowskyi are the only two species having the posterior mesosternal projections stout and cone-like, as opposed to flat and more sharply pointed at the apex. The former can be readily distinguished by having a smaller black mark on the occiput and by lacking a black spot only on the external surface of the hind coxa (Table 1).
Hosts. This species was found in the Pitilla Sector. It has been reared on nine occasions from Omiodes grandis (Crambidae) feeding on an unidentified plant.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of Manuel Zumbado, formerly of INBio, in recognition of his contributions to the ACG tachinid fly inventory.
Material. Holotype. ♀. Deposited at EMUS. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0017032. 2. Caterpillar Voucher: D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs, DB: http://Janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de Conservation Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 07-SRNP-30683. Database information: Costa Rica, ACG, Guanacaste Prov., Sector Pittilla, Sendero Mismo, 11.01087 -85.48817, 680m (Calixto Moraga) caterpillar feeding unknown coll. 09.i.2007 wasp eclosed 23.i.2009. Paratypes. 8 ♀, (EMUS, MNCR, MZUCR, USNM). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: 07-SRNP-30681: DHJPAR0017030 (♀); 07-SRNP-30682: DHJPAR0017026 (♀); 07-SRNP-30685: DHJPAR0017029 (♀); 07- SRNP-30686: DHJPAR0017023 (♀); 07-SRNP-30687: DHJPAR0017031 (♀); 07-SRNP-30684: DHJPAR0017024 (♀); 07-SRNP-30688: DHJPAR0017022 (♀); 07-SRNP-30689: DHJPAR0017021 (♀).
Barcode. DNA barcode of female holotype DHJPAR0017032 (660 bp): ATATTATACTTTATTCTAGGAATTTGATCAGGAACAATTGGAACTTCTACAAGTATAATTATTCGAATTCAACTTA TAAATCCAATAAAACCATTAATTATTAATGATCAAATATATAATTCTTTAGTAACAATACATGCATTTTTAATAAT TTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCTACAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGAACACCTGAT ATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGACTTTTACCTCCTTCAATAATTCTATTATTAATAAGTAGAA TTATCAATCAAGGTCCAGGTACTGGATGAACAATATACCCACCATTATCATCTAATATTAGTCATGAAGGAATATC AATTGATTACACTATCTTCTCTCTTCATATTGCAGGATCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACA ATTTTTAATTTAAAAATTAAAAATTTAAAGATAAGACAATTAACTCTTTTTTCATGATCAATTATCATTACATCAA TTTTACTTTTATTAGCTGTTCCTGTATTAGCAGGCGCTTTAACAATATTAATTTTTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATC ATTTTTCGATCCTTCAGGTGGAGGTGACCCAATTCTTTTTCAACATTTATTT
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 379-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14953270