Triraphis billripplei 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/9B28CCD8-18A4-4C53-9A30-F126EC51963C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B28CCD8-18A4-4C53-9A30-F126EC51963C

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scientific name

Triraphis billripplei Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Triraphis billripplei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 428 View Figure 428

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAB1658. Consensus barcode. AGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGTATGGTTGGATTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAAGAATACCTGGAAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTTACTGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTGGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACATTATTAATTTTAAGGGCTGTTGTTAATGYTGGAGTAGGGACTGGGTGAACATTATATCCTCCCTTATCTTCTTTAGTTGGTCATGGGGGGATATCTGTAGATATGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGTTGTTAATTTTCTTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAGTATCTATTAATTTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTCTGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCTGTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTGTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTGACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGAGGGGACCCCATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Horizontes, Vado Esperanza, 10.78938, -85.55098, 85 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/vi/2009, wasp eclosion date: 16/vi/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Norape Janzend03 ( Megalopygidae ) feeding on Mimosa pigra ( Fabaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 09-SRNP-13855, DHJPAR0036305.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0021201, DHJPAR0028329, DHJPAR0028330. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Triraphis billripplei is named in acknowledgment of Bill Ripple’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Triraphis