? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records
Author
Sharkey, Michael J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-7340
The Hymenoptera Institute, 116 Franklin Ave., Redlands, CA, 92373, USA
msharkey@uky.edu
Author
Baker, Austin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4728-726X
The Hymenoptera Institute, 116 Franklin Ave., Redlands, CA, 92373, USA & Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Author
McCluskey, Kathryn
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-0491
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018, USA
Author
Smith, Alex
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-2575
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Guelph, Canada
Author
Naik, Suresh
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Ratnasingham, Sujeevan
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Manjunath, Ramya
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Perez, Kate
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Sones, Jayme
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
D'Souza, Michelle
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Jacques, Brianne St.
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Hebert, Paul
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Author
Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018, USA
Author
Janzen, Daniel
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018, USA
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ZooKeys
2021
2021-12-07
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197
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Bracon guillermoblancoi Sharkey
sp. nov.
Diagnostics.
Figure
16
.
BOLD data.
BIN: BOLD:AAT8852; nearest neighbor:
Bracon
sp. BOLD:AED7502; distance to nearest neighbor is 8.17%. Consensus barcode: TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGGAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGAACTGGGTGAACAATGTATCCTCCATTATCATCTAATTTAGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGTTCAATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTAAAAATATTAAAACTTGATCAATTAACGTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATTACTACAATTTTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATACTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGGGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.
Morphological data.
There is only one low-quality image on BOLD for the nearest neighbor, but the p-distance makes it doubtful that it is conspecific.
Holotype
?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 365 m,
10.771
-85.429
; host caterpillar collection date: 01/viii/2010, parasitoid eclosion: 12/viii/2010; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0040470.
Holotype host data.
Dysodia sica
(
Thyrididae
) feeding on
Piper marginatum
(
Piperaceae
). This is one of the only two species of
Bracon
reared by us that is solitary; the ten species treated by
Sharkey et al. (2021a)
are all gregarious. It was reared from a very small caterpillar; caterpillar voucher code: 10-SRNP-56246.
Etymology.
Bracon guillermoblancoi
is named in honor of Guillermo Blanco, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, ACMIC (
Area
de
Conservacion
Marino Isla del Coco), Costa Rica.
Figure 16.
Bracon guillermoblancoi
, holotype.