Bracon jimlewisi 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 jimlewisi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 50

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADL5861. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGGGTTTGATCTGGATTTTTAGGTTTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTGAGTATACCAGGAAGATTATTAAGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTTTAGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTAATTATTCCTTCATTAATACTATTAATTTTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGGGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACAATATACCCCCCTTTATCTTCTTCTTTAGGGCATAGAGGTAATTCAACTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTATTTTTTTTAAAATTTGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAACAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGGGCAATCACAATA---------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, Malaise trap, 9/vii/2015. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG36967-F06.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon jimlewisi is named to honor Jim Lewis for his many years of dedicated volunteer curatorial and taxonomic efforts for the construction 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 Hemiptera .

Figures

Figure 50. Bracon jimlewisi, holotype.