Bracon alejandromarini 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 alejandromarini Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 30

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADH4980. Consensus barcode. GGAGTTTTATATTTTTTATTCGGTATATGAGCTGGTATAATTGGTTTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTAYACCAGGAAGTATACTAGGGAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTGACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATATTGGTGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCAAGTTTAGGCCATAGAGGTATATCAGTTGATTTGGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGCATCTTCAATTATAGGGGCAATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTAATAATAATAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATCACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCAGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTGACAGAT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, Malaise trap, 12/iii/2015. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG32921-A02.

Paratype.

BIOUG32997-A06. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon alejandromarini is named to honor Alejandro Marin for his efforts to shadow his father, Sigifredo Marin, as an apprentice to the overall managerial aspects of the projects of the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund in support of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, and for his enthusiastic willingness to apply his professional medical knowledge to GDFCF staff in Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 30. Bracon alejandromarini, holotype.