Triraphis christhompsoni 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

Triraphis christhompsoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 441

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7801. Consensus barcode. TGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGTATAGTTGGGTTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAAGAATACCTGGAAGTTTATTGGGGAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTGACTGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCCYTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTAYTAATTTTAAGGGCTGTAGTTAATGTTGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTTTATATCCACCTTTATCTTCTTTAGTTGGACATGGTGGAATATCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGGGCGTCTTCAATTATAGGGGTTGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAGTATCAATTAATTTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCTGTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTGGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTGTTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGTGGGGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estación Los Almendros, 11.03226, -85.52776, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 29/ix/2011, wasp eclosion date: 10/x/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. zygJanzen01 Janzen04 ( Zygaenidae ) feeding on Davilla nitida ( Dilleniaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 11-SRNP-22833, DHJPAR0045818.

Paratypes.

Hosts = same as holotype. DHJPAR0029048, DHJPAR0029064, DHJPAR0029059, DHJPAR0048107, DHJPAR0050069, DHJPAR0059698. Depository: CNC.

Other material.

A specimen from Mexico (BIOUG20849-A08) and one from Belize (NHM749275) are in the same BIN and are likely conspecific with T. christhompsoni . They were not examined.

Etymology.

The species epithet is a patronym for Chris Thompson, a noted North American dipterist, and acknowledges his significant contributions to the inventory of ACG, and Costa and Rica in general, through the identification of Diptera and assisting with the curation of the collection formerly known as INBio.

Figures

Figure 441. Triraphis christhompsoni, holotype.