Triraphis billfreelandi 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 billfreelandi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 426

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA5375. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCCATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAAGTATACCCGGTAGATTATTGGGTAATGACCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTAACTGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTGATTCCCTTAATATTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATGAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCCTCATTGACATTATTAATTTTAAGAGCTGTAGTTAATGTTGGGGTAGGCACTGGGTGAACTTTGTACCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAGTTGGTCATAGGGGTATATCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGTTGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAGTTAGTATCAATTAATTTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTAATTACAGCTGTCTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTGTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTGACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGGGGTGACCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10.98758, -85.41967, 680 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/x/2012, wasp eclosion date: 05/xi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parasa sandrae ( Limacodidae ) feeding on Calatola costaricensis ( Icacinaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 12-SRNP-31534, DHJPAR0050910.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0029047, DHJPAR0040078. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

The species name honors the contributions of Bill Freeland toward increasing publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 426. Triraphis billfreelandi, holotype.