Bracon franklinpaniaguai Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Bracon franklinpaniaguai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 14 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ACK6897; nearest neighbor: Bracon alejandromasisi BOLD:AAA5367; distance to nearest neighbor is 4.49%. Consensus barcode: ATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAGCTGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCAGGTAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATATTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATATTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGGACAGGTTGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTATCATCTAGGTTAGGTCATGGAGGTATATCTGTTGATTTAATTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTATAGGATCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATGCATTTATTAATATTAAAGTTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the mesepisternum entirely orange-yellow, lateral sides of the head orange-yellow, and yellow fore- and mid-tibiae and femora (Fig. 14 ) compared to the mesepisternum entirely black, head entirely black, and all tibiae and femora black in B. alejandromasisi ( Sharkey et al. 2021a: fig. 31).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 440 m, 11.019 -85.41; host caterpillar collection date: 09/xii/2004, parasitoid eclosion: 28/xii/2004; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0029032.

Holotype host data.

Fountainea confusa ( Nymphalidae ) feeding on Croton billbergianus ( Euphorbiaceae ), caterpillar voucher code: 04-SRNP-56695.

Paratype.

Eight specimens reared from the same host specimen as the holotype were mounted and designated as paratypes (DHJPAR0066410 to DHJPAR0066417), depository CNC.

Etymology.

Bracon franklinpaniaguai is named in honor of Vice-Minister Franklin Paniagua Alfaro of the Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energía de Costa Rica (MINAE) in recognition of his taking on this difficult task mid-government.

Figures

Figure 14. Bracon franklinpaniaguai, holotype.