Bracon barryhammeli 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 barryhammeli Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 38

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACZ9844. Consensus barcode. TTTTTATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGTTTATTAGGGTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGGACACCTAGAAGTTTAATAATAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTAACATCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTGTAATATTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGACTATTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTCATTATACCTTCTTTATTTTTGTTATTAATAAGAAGAATTCTGAATGTAGGGGTTGGGACTGGGTGAACTATATACCCTCCATTATCTAGTTCTTTAGGACATAACGGATTATCGGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTGCTTTACATATAGCTGGAATATCCTCTATTTTAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTTAATATACAAATATTAAATTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTCTTATTACTACTTTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACCATATTACTTACAGATCGT---------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, Malaise trap, 3/viii/2015. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG28152-C12.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon barryhammeli is named to honor Barry Hammel for his many years of dedicated curatorial and taxonomic efforts for the development of the former INBio plant collection, now in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, and now his furthering the BioAlfa program to DNA barcode all of Costa Rican eukaryote biodiversity, with an emphasis on all Costa Rica’s plant species.

Figures

Figure 38. Bracon barryhammeli, holotype.