Bracon nicklaphami 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 nicklaphami Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 62

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACP6341. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGTATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGAAGATTATTAAGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTCACAGCCCATGCTTTAGTAATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTGTTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGAACAGGATGGACATTATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCAAATTTAGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTGGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTATTCATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGTTCATTAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.96187, -85.28045, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 24/iv/2014, wasp eclosion date: 4/v/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Damas immacula ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on Geonoma congesta ( Arecaceae ).

Holotype voucher code. DHJPAR0055350.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon nicklaphami is named in honor of Nick Lapham’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF, and now BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 62. Bracon nicklaphami, holotype.