Bracon rafamoralesi 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 rafamoralesi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 66

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADB5058. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCAGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGGTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGTTTACCTGGGAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTTATATTAGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTATTTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTATTGAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGCACTGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCATCTAGGTTAGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGTTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTTCAATAAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAACATGCATTTATTAATATTAAAGTTAGATCAATTGACTTTATTAATTTGGTCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTGTCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGAT------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 10.7631, -85.3344, 820 meters, Malaise trap, 19/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG29288-B07.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon rafamoralesi is named to honor Rafa Morales, an essential member of the fauna of Sector Orosi of ACG, for his dedication to exploration and management for conservation of ACG Sector Orosi and Estación Biologica Maritza within it.

Figures

Figure 66. Bracn rafamoralesi, holotype.