Bracon guillermoblancoi Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Bracon guillermoblancoi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 16 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAT8852; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp. BOLD:AED7502; distance to nearest neighbor is 8.17%. Consensus barcode: TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGATTTGGGAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGAACTGGGTGAACAATGTATCCTCCATTATCATCTAATTTAGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATAGGTTCAATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACATTTAAAAATATTAAAACTTGATCAATTAACGTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATTACTACAATTTTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATACTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGGGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

There is only one low-quality image on BOLD for the nearest neighbor, but the p-distance makes it doubtful that it is conspecific.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 365 m, 10.771 -85.429; host caterpillar collection date: 01/viii/2010, parasitoid eclosion: 12/viii/2010; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0040470.

Holotype host data.

Dysodia sica ( Thyrididae ) feeding on Piper marginatum ( Piperaceae ). This is one of the only two species of Bracon reared by us that is solitary; the ten species treated by Sharkey et al. (2021a) are all gregarious. It was reared from a very small caterpillar; caterpillar voucher code: 10-SRNP-56246.

Etymology.

Bracon guillermoblancoi is named in honor of Guillermo Blanco, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, ACMIC ( Área de Conservación Marino Isla del Coco), Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 16. Bracon guillermoblancoi, holotype.