Bracon gerardovegai 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 gerardovegai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 47

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACW3155. Consensus barcode. TTATTAGGGATTTGATCTGGAATTTTAGGATTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAACTAGGAACTTCAGGATTTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTAGTAACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATACTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGACTTCTTATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAAGAATCTTAAATGTAGGAGTTGGCACAGGGTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCTATAGGTCATAGAGGATTATCTACAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCATCCTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAAATTCAATAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACGGAT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, Malaise trap, 2/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG22966-G03.

Paratype.

BIOUG27938-F06. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon gerardovegai is named to honor Gerardo Vega (RIP) for his many years of dedicated and enthusiastic field assistance to Janzen and Hallwachs’ field ecological studies in Costa Rica’s Parque Nacional Corcovado and Parque Nacional Santa Rosa.

Figures

Figure 47. Bracon gerardovegai, holotype.