Bracon rogerblancoi 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

Bracon rogerblancoi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 68 , 69

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA5369. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGATCTGGTATAGTTGGATTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGAAGATTATTAAGTAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTAGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGAGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACTTTATACCCTCCTTTATCTTCAAATTTAGGTCATAATGGTATATCTGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCAATTATAGGTTCATTAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAACATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGRGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGAGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.96187, -85.28045, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/vii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 17/vii/2012, 8 wasps eclosed. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Lerema liris ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on leaves of Paspalum fasciculatum ( Poaceae ) (Fig. 69 ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-68015, DHJPAR0049816.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Synapte salenus , Parphorus storax , Morys lydeDHJ01, Lerema liris (all Hesperiidae , Hesperiinae ). 11 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0029034, DHJPAR0052239, DHJPAR0051799, DHJPAR0029037, DHJPAR0051186, DHJPAR0029035, DHJPAR0049816, DHJPAR0058162, DHJPAR0058165, DHJPAR0058166. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon rogerblancoi is named to honor Sr. Roger Blanco, former parataxonomist, and Research Program Coordinator, and now the Subdirector of ACG, in recognition of three decades of intense support and facilitation of ACG germination and growth.

Figures

Figure 68. Bracon rogerblancoi, holotype.

Figure 69. Bracon rogerblancoi (DHJPAR 0029037) mass of white cocoons spun by the wasp larvae below their roof-in-common and end-to-end cocoons adjacent to the ultimate instar of a Morys lydeDHJ 01 (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) caterpillar cadaver in its rolled grass leaf nest (06 - SRNP- 43580); prepupal larvae exposed by tearing away one wall of the leaf-silk caterpillar nest.