Bracon eugeniephillipsae 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 eugeniephillipsae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 44

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADA9990. Consensus barcode. GTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTCTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGTATACCAGGCAGGATATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTATTGCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATGGCATTYCCTCGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTAATTTTCCCTTCTTTAATTTTATTATTAATAAGTAGGATTTTAAATGTAGGAGCAGGTACAGGTTGGACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTCATTAGGACATAGAGGTTTATCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGTGTATCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATCACTACAATTTTAAATATGCATTTAAATACTTTAAARTTAGATCAATTAACTTTAATAATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACTGTAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGA.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-9, 10.76, -85.3341, 809 meters, Malaise trap, 6/ii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG28680-G05.

Paratypes.

BIOUG28680-A07, BIOUG28680-E08, BIOUG29219-D01.

Etymology.

Bracon eugeniephillipsae is named to honor Eugenie (Jenny) Phillips for her many years of dedicated curatorial and taxonomic efforts for the development of the former INBio arthropod collection, now in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, and now her administrative development of BioAlfa, the program to DNA barcode all of Costa Rican eukaryote biodiversity.

Figures

Figure 44. Bracon eugeniephillipsae, holotype.