Bracon robertofernandezi 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 robertofernandezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 67

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADC8245. Consensus barcode. GTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATATGAGCTGGCATGCTGGGGTTATCAATAAGATTGATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGCATACCAGGAAGAATATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTTACTGCGCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTACTACCATTAATATTAGGGGCCCCAGATATGGCATTTCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTAATTATTCCTGCTTTAATTATATTATTAATAAGTAGAATTTTAAATGTTGGTGTAGGAACTGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCATTGGGGCATAGGGGGATATCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATATAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGTGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATACAACTATATATTTTAAAATTAGACCAATTAACTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTTATCACAGTTGTCTTGTTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGT------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-2, 10.7634, -85.335, 824 meters, Malaise trap, 30/x/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG30497-D09.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bracon robertofernandezi is named to honor Roberto Fernandez for his previous efforts on behalf of environmental planning for ICE, the National Electric Company, and now his work for BioAlfa the program to DNA barcode all of Costa Rican eukaryote biodiversity.

Figures

Figure 67. Bracon robertofernandezi, holotype.