Triraphis brianbrowni Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Chapman, Eric G., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Brown, Allison, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Naik, Suresh, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Milton, Megan, Hebert, Paul, Shaw, Scott R., Kittel, Rebecca N., Solis, M. Alma, Metz, Mark A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Brown, John W., Quicke, Donald L. J., Achterberg, C. van, Brown, Brian V. & Burns, John M., 2021, Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species, ZooKeys 1013, pp. 1-665 : 1

Triraphis brianbrowni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 432

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAE0329. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTRGGTTTGTCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGATTRGAATTAAGTATACCAGGTAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTAACAGCKCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATYATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGGTTRATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGTATAAATAATATGAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTAATTTTAAGGGCTGTAGTWAATGTTGGGGTTGGTACTGGTTGAACTATRTATCCTCCTTTGTCTTCTTTAGTTGGTCATGGGGGTATGTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCATCATCAATTATAGGTGTAGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAGTTTCTATTAGATTGGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCTGTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTACTTACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGTGGAGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Quebrada Tibio Perla, 10.76261, -85.42979, 330 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/xii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 03/i/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Panthiades bitias ( Lycaenidae ) feeding on Inga vera ( Fabaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 13-SRNP-57666, DHJPAR0054548.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0028327, DHJPAR0061496, BIOUG29630-A05, BIOUG09733-H06. Depository: CNC.

Other material.

Five specimens from the Chiquibul Rainforest in Belize are in the same BIN and are likely conspecific (BMNHE897790, BMNHE897797, BMNHE897810, BMNHE897828, BMNHE897833). They were not examined.

Etymology.

Triraphis brianbrowni is named to acknowledge the contributions of Brian Brown to ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa through the identification of Costa Rican Diptera .

Figures

Figure 432. Triraphis brianbrowni, holotype female and paratype male.