Bracon shebadimaurae 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 shebadimaurae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 20 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ADW8464; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp. BOLD:AEB6448; distance to nearest neighbor is 4.81%. Consensus barcode: TTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGAATATTAGGATTATCACTAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACAGCTCATGCATTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATATTAGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTATTACCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTAATTATCCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTAATAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGAGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATCTTCATTAGGGCATAGTGGGTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATACATTTATTTAAATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATCACAACTATTTTACTTTTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCGGGGGGAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGGGGAGATCCTGTTTTATTTCAACATTTATT.

Morphological data.

No images of the unnamed nearest neighbor are available.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-1, 828 m, 10.7642 -85.335, 14/v/2015, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: BIOUG44786-F08, GenBank accession MW627534.

Etymology.

Bracon shebadimaurae is named in honor of Sheba Dimaura of Boston, Massachusetts for her decades of support of the University of Pennsylvania in general and D. H. Janzen’s position as a Professor of Conservation Biology.

Figures

Figure 20. Bracon shebadimaurae, holotype.