Triraphis mehrdadhajibabaei 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

Triraphis mehrdadhajibabaei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 453

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAJ2715. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGTATAGTAGGATTGTCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGAATGCCGGGAAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTAACAGCCCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCACCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTAATTTTAAGTGCGGTAGTAAATGTTGGGGTAGGAACTGGTTGGACTATGTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAGTGGGTCATGGRGGGATATCTGTTGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGYGCATCTTCTATTATAGGGGTAGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTATAATATAAAATTAGTTTCTATTAGGTTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTTTTAATTACTGCAGTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTRGCTGGRGCTATTACTATATTACTTACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCWGGCGGGGGRRRMCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Bullas, 10.98670, -85.38503, 440 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/iv/2011, wasp eclosion date: 30/iv/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Ancyluris inca ( Riodinidae ) feeding on Miconia argentea ( Melastomataceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 11-SRNP-65193, DHJPAR0042798.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Triraphis mehrdadhajibabaei is named in honor of Mehrdad Hajibabaei’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 453. Triraphis mehrdadhajibabaei holotype.