Sacirema karendimaurae 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

? Sacirema karendimaurae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 21 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ADY0104; nearest neighbor: Sacirema sp. BOLD:AEH2057; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.24%. Consensus barcode: TTTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATATGATCTGGTATATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAACTTGGAATACCATCAAGTTTATTAACAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTAACTGCCCATGCATTTGTCATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAAGAGCTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTACTAATTCCTTCTTTAATAATATTAATTTTAAGAAGAATTATTAATACAGGTGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCTATAGGACATAGAGGAATTTCAGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGCTTCCTCAATTATAGGGTCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTATTAATATACGACTTTATTTAATAAAAATAGATCAATTAACATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTCTAGCTGGGGCAATCACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTCCAACACTTAT.

This species differs from the three described species of Sacirema ( Papp 2007) in many ways. The easiest to see is that none of the other three species has a predominantly yellow meso- and metasoma. The generic placement of this species is somewhat uncertain as are those of other specimens in the group of braconine genera with a medial area of the face delimited by longitudinal grooves or ridges.

Morphological data.

No images of the unnamed nearest neighbor are available, and when it is described, it should be carefully compared to Sacirema karendimaurae .

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 820 m, 10.7631 -85.3344, 08/i/2015, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: BIOUG44686-A07. GenBank accession MW627576.

Etymology.

Sacirema karendimaurae is named in honor of Karen 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 21. Sacirema karendimaurae, holotype.