Bracon rafagutierrezi 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 rafagutierrezi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 15 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ACB1290; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp.BOLD:AAV0639; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.24%. Consensus barcode: GATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGGTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGGAGTTTACTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTGACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATATTAGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTATTTCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTATTAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGTACTGGGTGAACAATATACCCACCTTTGTCATCTAGATTAGGTCATAGAGGGTTATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGTTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTTCAGTTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATATTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGAGGGGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having all femora dark brown and the metasoma dark brown dorsally starting at the third tergum (Fig. 15 ) compared to all femora yellow and the metasoma yellow to light brown dorsally.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 96 m, 10.962 -85.28; host caterpillar collection date: 05/iii/2012, parasitoid eclosion: 18/iii/2012; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0049049.

Holotype host data.

Cosmorrhyncha albistrigulana ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Dialium guianense ( Fabaceae ). This is one of the only two species of Bracon reared by us that is solitary; the ten species treated by Sharkey et al. (2021a) are all gregarious. It was reared from a very small caterpillar; caterpillar voucher code: 12-SRNP-67398.

Etymology.

Bracon rafagutierrezi is named in honor of SINAC Director Rafa Gutiérrez Rojas 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 15. Bracon rafagutierrezi, holotype.