Bracon mariamartachavarriae 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 mariamartachavarriae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 58

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAV6295. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTCTTATTTGGYATATGAGCAGGTATAGTAGGYYTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGKATACCTGGRTCATTATTAGGWAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTKACAGCTCATGCTYTARTWATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATATTAGGAGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGWGCTCCTGATATAGCYTTCCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGRTTAYTAATYCCTTCATTAATTTTATTAATATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACTTTATAYCCTCCATTATCYTCAAATTTAGGACATAGAGGDTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGTATCTTCAATTATAGGTTCAATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCYGTWTTAGCAGGWGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGWGGAGGAGAYCCAATTYTATTYCAACATTTATTT. Terminal flagellomeres black, concolorous with basal flagellomeres.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Selva, 10.92291, -85.31877, 410 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/viii/2017, wasp eclosion date: 21/viii/2017; nine wasps eclosed from 11 cocoons. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Drephalys Burns01 ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on mature leaves of Vochysia guatemalensis ( Vochysiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 17-SRNP-80872, DHJPAR0061668.

Paratypes.

Eight specimens, same data as holotype. Depository: CNC.

Other specimens.

There are three specimens from French Guiana (e.g., ASNUR330-11) and one from Argentina (BIOUG13458-C11) in the same BIN, none of which we consider to be conspecific with the Costa Rican specimens. Images on BOLD show that the French Guiana specimens have the terminal flagellomeres yellow. There are no images for the Argentinian specimen, but its locality makes it unlikely to be conspecific.

Etymology.

Bracon mariamartachavarriae is named in honor of Maria Marta Chavarria in recognition of her persistent efforts as co-coordinator of ACG research; intense education efforts to adults, teenagers, and schoolchildren about ACG biology both terrestrial and marine; maintenance and data management of ACG weather data; ACG biopolitics; and rescue of key ACG animals.

Figures

Figure 58. Bracon mariamartachavarriae, holotype.