Bracon pauldimaurai 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 pauldimaurai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 19 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEF4305; nearest neighbor: Bracon sp. BOLD:ACG3693; distance to nearest neighbor is 9.62%. Consensus barcode: TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGGATACTAGGTCTATCAATAAGATTAATTATCCGACTAGAGCTCGGAATACCGGGAAGTTTACTTGGTAATGACCAAATTTACAATAGAATAGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATAGTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGACTATTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTTATTCCTTCCCTAACTTTATTATTAATAAGAAGAATTTTAAATGTAGGAGTAGGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCCTCTTCACTAGGTCATAGAGGGTTATCAGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCCTCAATTTTGGGGGCTATTAACTTTATTTCAACTATTTTAAATATACATTTATTAATTTTAAAACTAGATCAACTAACATTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATCACAATATTATTAACCGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGTGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having large portions of the mesoscutum and mesepimeron brown (Fig. 19 ) compared to entirely black.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 1460 m, 10.933 -85.457, 23/iii/2009, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0051516.

Etymology.

Bracon pauldimaurai is named in honor of Paul Dimaura of Boston, Massachusetts for his decades of support of the University of Pennsylvania in general and D. H. Janzen’s position as a professor of conservation biology specifically.

Figures

Figure 19. Bracon pauldimaurai, holotype.