Bracon federicomatarritai 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 federicomatarritai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 45

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACM9419. Consensus barcode. TGTCTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGAGCTGGAATATTAGGTTTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATATTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTTTAAATAACATAAGATTTTGATTACTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATATTGGGGTTGGTACAGGTTGGACAATATACCCCCCATTATCATCAAATTTAGGACATAGAGGGATATCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGGTCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATACATTTAATTACAATAAAACTAGATCAACTAACTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTACTATTATTATCTCTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATACTTTTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTCGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGGGACCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Anonas, 10.90527, -85.27881, 405 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/iii/2014, wasp eclosion date: 30/iii/2014, 2 wasps eclosed from 2 cocoons. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Tebenna Janzen02 ( Choreutidae ) feeding on Ficus citrifolia ( Moraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-41359, DHJPAR0055286.

Paratype: One specimen same data as holotype. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon federicomatarritai is named in honor of Federico Matarrita’s diligent and high-quality management of the ACG web site and guiding the parataxonomists to iteratively contribute to it.

Figures

Figure 45. Bracon federicomatarritai, holotype.