Bracon alejandromasisi 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 alejandromasisi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 31 , 32

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA5367. Consensus barcode. TGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCYGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGRATACCAGGTAGTTTAYTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACAGCKCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATATTAGGAGGWTTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGRACAGGCTGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTATAATAGGTCATAGAGGWATATCTGTRGATTTATCTATTTTYTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGATCGATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATAYTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTWAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTYTATTTCAACATTTATTT. Bracon alejandromasisi and B. tihisiaboshartae occupy the same BIN and have the same consensus barcode. Bracon tihisiaboshartae can be differentiated from B. alejandromasisi by the color of the metasomal terga: entirely yellow in B. tihisiaboshartae and partly black in B. alejandromasisi

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Nayo, 10.92446, -85.46953, 1090 meters, caterpillar collection date: 22/x/2013, wasp eclosion date: 09/xi/2013, number eclosed 17. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Consul electra ( Nymphalidae ) feeding on leaves of Piper psilorhachis ( Piperaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-36214, DHJPAR0054650.

Note.

Bracon alejandromasisi and Bracon tihisiaboshartae occupy the same BIN but are clearly two species, see comments for B. tihisiaboshartae .

Paratypes.

Hosts = Consul electra and Consul cecrops ( Nymphalidae ) feeding on four species of Piper ( Piperaceae ). 14 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0029029, DHJPAR0029036, DHJPAR0029031, DHJPAR0034263. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon alejandromasisi is named in honor of Alejandro Masis’ persistent high-quality biopoliticking on behalf of ACG in San José, Costa Rica, and especially in Guanacaste Province.

Figures

Figure 31. Bracon alejandromasisi, holotype.

Figure 32. Bracon alejandromasisi 09 - SRNP- 20369, dark brown cocoons filling the ultimate instar caterpillar nest of Consul fabius (Nymphalidae), with black exit holes cut by the adult wasps.