Bracon pauldimaurai Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3202711B-0DEF-4B4D-95A5-36FF1D233FA4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/723581AA-45CD-4F42-9AB1-CED38EBEA383

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:723581AA-45CD-4F42-9AB1-CED38EBEA383

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scientific name

Bracon pauldimaurai Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

? Bracon pauldimaurai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 19 View Figure 19 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEF4305; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp. BOLD:ACG3693; distance to nearest neighbor is 9.62%. Consensus barcode: TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGGATACTAGGTCTATCAATAAGATTAATTATCCGACTAGAGCTCGGAATACCGGGAAGTTTACTTGGTAATGACCAAATTTACAATAGAATAGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATAGTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGACTATTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTTATTCCTTCCCTAACTTTATTATTAATAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGAGTAGGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCCTCTTCACTAGGTCATAGAGGGTTATCAGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCCTCAATTTTGGGGGCTATTAACTTTATTTCAACTATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATTTTAAAACTAGATCAACTAACATTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATCACAATATTATTAACCGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGTGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having large portions of the mesoscutum and mesepimeron brown (Fig. 19 View Figure 19 ) compared to entirely black.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 1460 m, 10.933 -85.457, 23/iii/2009, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0051516.

Etymology.

Bracon pauldimaurai is named in honor of Paul Dimaura of Boston, Massachusetts for his decades of support of the University of Pennsylvania in general and D. H. Janzen’s position as a professor of conservation biology specifically.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Bracon