Yelicones mayrabonillae 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

? Yelicones mayrabonillae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figures 38 , 39 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAT9450. Its nearest neighbor on BOLD is identified by D. Quicke as Yelicones artitus BOLD:AAM6954; distance to nearest neighbor is 9.2%. Consensus barcode: TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTAGGTATTTGATGTGGATTAGTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGGTTACTTATTCGGTTAGAGTTGAGAAATTTAGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATGTAGTTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTGATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTGTTATTAATATTAATAAGAGGATTTATTATAGTTGGTAGTGGAACTGGGTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTAAGTTCTTTAATTGGGCATAGAAGGTTTTCTGTTGATATAGTAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTAATTT---TAAAATTAGATCAGATTATATTATTTGTATGATCTGTATTAATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTACTTTCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGAGGAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGAGATCCTGTTTTATTTCAACACTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species keys to Y. vilawanae in the key of Areekul and Quicke (2006). Yelicones vilawanae has the apical 0.2 of hind tarsus and apical 0.8 of hind basitarsus brown. Yelicones mayrabonillae has the basal four hind tarsomeres brown and the apical tarsomere yellow. This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor, Yelicones artitus , by the color of the hind femur being entirely testaceous (Fig. 38 ) (apical.04 brown in Y. artitus ).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Venado, 420 m, 10.897 -85.27; host caterpillar collection date: 26/vi/2010, parasitoid eclosion: 03/viii/2010; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0040351.

Holotype host data.

epipajanzen01 Janzen882 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Vochysia guatemalensis ( Vochysiaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:10-SRNP-42391.

Etymology.

Yelicones mayrabonillae is named in honor of Mayra Bonilla as the primary supporter of the BioAlfa Malaise trapping at the Hacienda Baru Wildlife Refuge, Savegre, ACOPAC, Costa Rica, as well as decades of support for the Area de Conservación Guanacaste.

Figures

Figure 38. Yelicones mayrabonillae, holotype.

Figure 39. Yelicones mayrabonillae, remains of host caterpillar, epipajanzen 01 Janzen 882 (Pyralidae); note mummified host caterpillar curved into a distinctive " C " shape, characteristic of other species of pyralid caterpillars attacked by species of Yelicones.