Bracon josejaramilloi 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 josejaramilloi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 51 , 52

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7911. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGTATGTTAGGTTTATCAATAAGAATAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAGGTATACCAGGAAGATTACTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTAATTATTCCTTCTTTAGTTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATATTGGGGCAGGAACAGGATGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTCATTTAGGTCATAGAGGTATATCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCAGGGATTTCATCAATTTTAGGATCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTTACTTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATATTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCAGGGGGTATTACAATATTATTAACAGACCGTAAYCTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 440 meters, 11.01926, -85.40997, caterpillar collection date: 21/ii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 08/iii/2012, 11 wasps eclosed from 15 cocoons. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid (Fig. 52 ) of Lerema liris ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on leaves of Homolepis aturensis ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-30473, DHJPAR0049094.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Lerema liris and Morys valerius ( Hesperiidae ). DHJPAR0049094, DHJPAR0028977, DHJPAR0058913.

Etymology.

Bracon josejaramilloi is named in honor of José Jaramillo of Área de Conservación Guanacaste in recognition of his 30 years of managing ACG mechanics, telecommunication, computer, and internet processing for ACG and its web site.

Figures

Figure 51. Bracon josejaramilloi, holotype.

Figure 52. Bracon josejaramilloi (12 - SRNP- 30473) ultimate instar wasp larvae below their host ultimate instar caterpillar Lerema liris (Hesperiidae); as a group they will spin a roof-in-common followed by their individual closely packed cocoons below that roof, adjacent to the cadaver of the caterpillar.