Bracon gerardovegai 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/625FF1A6-C32E-42BE-8003-64C97E2DE317

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:625FF1A6-C32E-42BE-8003-64C97E2DE317

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scientific name

Bracon gerardovegai Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Bracon gerardovegai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 47 View Figure 47

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACW3155. Consensus barcode. TTATTAGGGATTTGATCTGGAATTTTAGGATTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAACTAGGAACTTCAGGATTTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTAGTAACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATACTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGACTTCTTATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAAGAATCTTAAATGTAGGAGTTGGCACAGGGTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCTATAGGTCATAGAGGATTATCTACAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCATCCTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAAATTCAATAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTGTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACGGAT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, Malaise trap, 2/xii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG22966-G03.

Paratype.

BIOUG27938-F06. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon gerardovegai is named to honor Gerardo Vega (RIP) for his many years of dedicated and enthusiastic field assistance to Janzen and Hallwachs’ field ecological studies in Costa Rica’s Parque Nacional Corcovado and Parque Nacional Santa Rosa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Bracon