Bracon bernardoespinozai 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 bernardoespinozai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 39

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACG5363. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATTTGAGCAGGAATAATTGGATTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTA---GGAATACCAGGAAATTTATTAAATAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATGGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCCCGTCTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTAATTATTCCTTCAATAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAGTTGTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAATTTATCCACCTTTATCTTCTAATTTAGGTCACAGAGGGGTTTCAGTAGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGTTTCTTCTATTTTAGGGGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACATTTAAACATTATAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATCTGGTCAATTTTTATTACAACAATTTTATTGCTTTTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTT-------------------------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.8438, -85.6138, 300 meters, Malaise trap, 30/vii/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG05883-A04.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon bernardoespinozai recognizes Bernardo Espinoza for his many years of dedicated curatorial and taxonomic efforts for the enhancement of the former INBio arthropod collection, now in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, and now his furthering the BioAlfa program to DNA barcode all of Costa Rican eukaryote biodiversity with an emphasis on Arctiinae .

Figures

Figure 39. Bracon bernardoespinozai, holotype.