Bracon nicklaphami 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/18DDD25E-1899-4827-AD86-FC3CA8767925

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:18DDD25E-1899-4827-AD86-FC3CA8767925

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scientific name

Bracon nicklaphami Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Bracon nicklaphami Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 62 View Figure 62

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACP6341. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGTATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGAAGATTATTAAGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTCACAGCCCATGCTTTAGTAATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTGTTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGTGTAGGAACAGGATGGACATTATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCAAATTTAGGTCATAGAGGTTTATCTGTGGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTATTCATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGTTCATTAAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.96187, -85.28045, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 24/iv/2014, wasp eclosion date: 4/v/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Damas immacula ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on Geonoma congesta ( Arecaceae ).

Holotype voucher code. DHJPAR0055350.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon nicklaphami is named in honor of Nick Lapham’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF, and now BioAlfa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Bracon