Rhysipolis stevearonsoni 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

? Rhysipolis stevearonsoni Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 27 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ADA0151; nearest neighbor: Rhysipolis sp. BOLD:ADL9389; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.91%. Consensus barcode: TGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGATCTGGAATAGTAGGTTTGTCTATGAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAGTTAGGTATACCCGGTAGTTTGTTATTTAATGATCAGATTTATAATACGATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTGATACCTGTAATGATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGGTTAGTTCCATTAATGTTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATGAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTTTTGAGGGGATTAGTAAATGTTGGGGTAGGTACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCTATAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTTAATATGTGTTTATATTCAATTAATATAGATCAAATTAGTTTATTTATTTGATCTATTTTGATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTGTTGTCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTGTTAACGGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGG

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having its mesoscutum entirely black (Fig. 27 ) compared to partially orange-brown.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 575 m, 10.8801 -85.389, 04/viii/2014, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: BIOUG28483-E12, GenBank accession MW627555.

Paratype.

BIOUG27682-G07.

Etymology.

Rhysipolis stevearonsoni is named in honor of Steve Aronson of San Jose, Costa Rica, in recognition of decades of concern and involvement with the betterment of Costa Rica’s positive relationship with its wild environment, and specifically with providing broadband internet to Área de Conservación Guanacaste as the first Costa Rican Área de Conservación to be so facilitated.

Figures

Figure 27. Rhysipolis stevearonsoni, holotype.