Bracon oscarmasisi Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Bracon oscarmasisi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figures 17 , 18 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAY4686; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp. BOLD:AEF4783; distance to nearest neighbor is 6.09%. Consensus barcode: AGTTTTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAGTTAGGTATACCTGGAAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATGAGATTTTGGTTATTAGTTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTATTATTAAGTAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGGGTAGGTACAGGTTGGACAATATATCCACCTTTATCTTCAAGTTTAGGTCATAGAGGGTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATGCATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAGTTAACTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTTATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGAGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the hind femur dark brown (Fig. 17 ) compared to yellow.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Punta Plancha, 420 m, 10.742 -85.427; host caterpillar collection date: 17/x/2010, parasitoid eclosion: 28/x/2010; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0041854.

Holotype host data.

Gregarious parasitoid of Anadasmus Janzen25 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Mespilodaphne veraguensis ( Lauraceae ); four specimens emerged from the host, caterpillar voucher code: 10-SRNP-56886.

Paratype.

Two males, same data as holotype (DHJPAR0066418, DHJPAR0066419) depository CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon oscarmasisi is named in honor of Oscar Masis, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Parque Nacional Los Quetzales, ACOPAC ( Área de Conservación Pacífico Central), Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 17. Bracon oscarmasisi, holotype.

Figure 18. Bracon oscarmasisi, remains of pupal chamber of host caterpillar, Anadasmus Janzen 25.