Triraphis bradzlotnicki 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

Triraphis bradzlotnicki Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 431

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAD7334. Consensus barcode. TGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATTTGGGCTGGTATGGTTGGTTTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGAATGCCAGGTAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGYATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCATTAATGTTAGGGGCYCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTAATTTTAAGTGCTGTAGTTAATGTRGGAGTTGGAACAGGATGAACTATRTATCCTCCATTATCTTCTTTAGTTGGTCATGGGGGAATATCGGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGTGCYTCATCTATTATAGGTGTTGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTGGTATCTATTAATTTGGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGGTCTGTTTTAATTACTGCTGTTTTATTATTATTGTCTTTACCGGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGTGGGGGAGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Naciente, 10.98705, -85.42816, 700 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/iv/2009, wasp eclosion date: 22/iv/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Podalia orsilocha ( Megalopygidae ) feeding on Chimarrhis parviflora ( Rubiaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 09-SRNP-31273, DHJPAR0035258.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Podalia orsilocha and Venadicodia caneti ( Limacodidae ). DHJPAR0035536, DHJPAR0035545, DHJPAR0035546, DHJPAR0035251. DHJPAR0045688, DHJPAR0062195. Depository: CNC.

Other material.

Four specimens in the same BIN were collected in Jalisco, Mexico (BIOUG20632-B06, BIOUG20863-E05, BIOUG20444-H09, BIOUG20584-D04). They were not examined, but the one specimen that has an image on BOLD is somewhat lighter in coloration than the Costa Rican specimens.

Etymology.

Triraphis bradzlotnicki is named in honor of Brad Zlotnick’s contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 431. Triraphis bradzlotnicki, holotype.