Neothlipsis bobkulai 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

Neothlipsis bobkulai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 15

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADB1901. Consensus barcode. TCTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTAATATTGATTTCTAGATCTATAATTAATATTGGTGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATTTAAGACATAGTGGAATTTCTGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTATGGGAGCAATAAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTAAATATATGAATAATAAATATTAAAATTGATAAAATACCATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTTATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGGGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTACAGGAGGGGGAGATCCA. Similar to Neothlipsis taeniativentris (Enderlein, 1920) but differing slightly in color, with the pale yellow on the head of N. taeniativentris more extensive.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 10.7631, -85.6138, 820 meters, Malaise trap, 5/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG29112-G02.

Paratypes.

BIOUG29646-F07, BIOUG29620-B06, BIOUG29646-E01.

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of Bob Kula, renowned braconidologist.

Figures

Figure 15. Neothlipsis bobkulai, holotype.