Bracon andrewwalshi 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

Bracon andrewwalshi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 35

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAY4684. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGTATAGTAGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGAAGTTTATTAGGTAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTYATACCAGTTATATTAGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGGTTGTTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTGGGTGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTATATACCCACCTTTATCTTCAAGATTAGGGCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTCTACATTTAGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTTCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATACATCTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTTATTACTACTATTTTATTATTGTTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATCACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGGGACCCAATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Zompopera, 10.8884, -85.259, 440 meters, caterpillar collection date: 19/iv/2018, wasp eclosion date: 2/v/2018. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Pirascca tyriotes ( Riodinidae ) feeding on Miconia argentea ( Melastomataceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 18-SRNP-40675, DHJPAR0062680.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon andrewwalshi is named in honor of Andrew Walsh, son of Karen Sharkey.

Figures

Figure 35. Bracon andrewwalshi, holotype.