Bracon ninamasisae 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 ninamasisae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 63

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADA4862. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTCTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGAATACCTGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTAATAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTTTAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGACTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTGAATATAGGAGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACTTTATACCCACCTTTATCTTTAAGAATTGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTAAATATACATTTAAAATCATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACATTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATA---------------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, Malaise trap, 9/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG28011-B01.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon ninamasisae is named to honor Nina Masis for her cheerful participation in the lives and dedication of the Masis + Boshart family as it carried out its vital role in the growth and management of the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and Área de Conservación Guanacaste.

Figures

Figure 63. Bracon ninamasisae, holotype.