Bracon alexamasisae 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 alexamasisae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 33

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADF2876. Consensus barcode. GTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGAATATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGGTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCAGGGAGATTATTGGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTAATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTATTGCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTCTTAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTACTTATAAGAAGAGTTTTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCTTCTTCTATGGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTGGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATACATTTGTATACTTTAAAATTAGATCAGATAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAGTTTTTATTACAGTAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTGTTAACTGAT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, Malaise trap, 6/xi/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG31518-E04.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

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

Figures

Figure 33. Bracon alexamasisae, holotype.