Bracon ronaldzunigai 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 ronaldzunigai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 70

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACR7910. Consensus barcode. GTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGGGCAGGTATATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGTATAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGYAYAGTTGGAAGTTTATTAATAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTGTAATAGTTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTATTACCTTTAATGTTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGGTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTTATTCCTTCTTTAATTATATTATTGTTTAGTAGAGTTTTAAATATTGGTGTGGGGACTGGGTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTATTAGGTCATGGTGGATTGTCAGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAGTTTCATCAATTTTAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTAAATATATTTTTATATACTTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTGTTGATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAGCTATTTTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGCGCTATTACAATACTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAAT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, Malaise trap, 19/v/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG25142-A09.

Paratype.

BIOUG18005-A01. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon ronaldzunigai is named to honor Ronald Zuniga for his many years of dedicated curatorial and taxonomic efforts for the advancement of the former INBio arthropod collection, now in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, and his furthering the BioAlfa program to DNA barcode all of Costa Rican eukaryote biodiversity, with an emphasis on Hymenoptera .

Figures

Figure 70. Bracon ronaldzunigai, holotype.