Bracon germanvegai 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 germanvegai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 48

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADL8270. Consensus barcode. TTATTAGGGATTTGATCTGGAATTTTAGGATTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAACTAGGAACTTCAGGATTTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTAGTAACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATACTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGACTTCTTATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAAGAATCTTAAATGTAGGAGTTGGCACAGGGTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCTATAGGTCATAGAGGATTATCTACAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCATCCTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAAATTCAATAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACGGAT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, Malaise trap, 4/vi/2015. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG36580-A08.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon germanvegai is named to honor German Vega for his many years of administrative and taxonomic efforts in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 48. Bracon germanvegai, holotype.