Bracon christophervallei 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 christophervallei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 42

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADB0826. Consensus barcode. GTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGGATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGCATACCAGGATCTTTATTAAGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTCTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTTTAAATAATATGAGATTTTGATTAATTATTCCTGCAATAATTTTATTATTATTAAGGAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAATATACCCACCTTTATCTTCTTCATTAGGTCATAGAGGAATTTCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGTTTCATCTATTTTAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTACTACCATTTTAAATATACATTTAAATATTTTAAAGATAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACAATTTTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGT---------------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-6, 10.7637, -85.333, 853 meters, Malaise trap, 20/iii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG29096-E05.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon christophervallei is named to honor Christopher Valle, ex-fisher in ACG, for his new dedication to the conservation of ACG Sector Marino and the growth and survival of Chanchin as a member of Sector Orosi of ACG.

Figures

Figure 42. Bracon christophervallei, holotype.