? Bracon andreamezae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figures 12, 13.

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAJ8891; nearest neighbor: Bracon franklinpaniaguai BOLD:ACK6897; distance to nearest neighbor is 5.64%. Consensus barcode: TATATTATATTTTATACTTGGTATTTGATCTGGTATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGAATACCAGGAAGTTTATTAAGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTGATATTAGGAGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTGGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATATTAAATGTAGGAGTGGGTACTGGTTGAACTATTTATCCTCCATTATCTTCTAACTTAGGGCATAGAGGTGTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the metasoma dorsally entirely yellow and the mesepisternum dorsally black (Fig. 12) compared to the metasoma dorsally black and the mesepisternum entirely yellow-orange in B. franklinpaniaguai (Fig. 14).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Laguna, 680 m, 10.9888 -85.42336; host caterpillar collection date: 02/i/2007, parasitoid eclosion: 20/i/2007; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0031182.

Holotype host data.

07-SRNP-30348 Yanguna cosyra ( Hesperiidae) feeding on Chrysochlamys glauca ( Clusiaceae). The species is a gregarious parasitoid; the holotype is one of 56 specimens that emerged from the host, caterpillar voucher code: 07-SRNP-30348.

Paratype.

Ten specimens, reared from the same caterpillar as the holotype, were mounted and designated as paratypes (DHJPAR0066400 to DHJPAR0066409), depository CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon andreamezae is named in honor of Ministra Andrea Meza Murillo of the Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energía de Costa Rica (MINAE) in recognition of her taking on this difficult ministerial task mid-government.