Bracon luzmariaromeroae 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 luzmariaromeroae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 55

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADF0526. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCTGGAATAATTGGTTTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGAATACCTGGAAGATTATTGAGAAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTAGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTTGGAACAGGATGAACTTTATACCCTCCTTTATCTTCAAATTTAGGACATAATGGAGTATCTGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCAATTATAGGTTCATTAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGTGACCCAATTCTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Casa Keyner, 10.95644, -85.26611, 121 meters, caterpillar collection date: 13/viii/2016, wasp eclosion date: 23/viii/2016, six wasps eclosed from six cocoons. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Vettius aurelius ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on mature leaves of Lasiacis sorghoidea ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 16-SRNP-46268, DHJPAR0060193.

Paratypes.

Five specimens, same data as holotype but still coded with their caterpillar code 16-SRNP-46268 (DHJPAR codes not assigned). Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon luzmariaromeroae is named in recognition of Luz Maria Romero’s 30+ years of facilitating ACG, developing its Biological Education Program, and coaching the parataxonomists to improve their databases and species pages on the ACG web site.

Figures

Figure 55. Bracon luzmariaromeroae, holotype.