Triraphis doncombi 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

? Triraphis doncombi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figures 35 - 37 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAH8815; nearest neighbor: Triraphis sp. BOLD:AAG5003 from Guyana. Distance to nearest neighbor is 6.28%. Consensus barcode:TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAGCTGGTATAGTCGGGCTGTCTATAAGGTTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGTATACCAGGGAGATTATTGGGGAATGAYCAGATTTATAATGGTATAGTTACCGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATGTTGGGGGCYCCTGATATGGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATGAGGTTTTGGTTATTAATTCCYTCATTGACGTTATTAATTTTAAGGGCTGTAGTTAACGTTGGAGTAGGTACTGGGTGAACTTTATATCCYCCCTTATCTTCTTTAGTTGGTCATGGGGGTATATCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCCTCTTCTATTATAGGAGTTGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAATATCAATTAATTTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTAATTACGGCTGTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTGACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGGGGGGGYGATCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

No image of the nearest neighbor is available on BOLD, but the COI distance and geographic distribution suggest that they are not the same species.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Naciente, 700 m, 10.98705 -85.42816; host caterpillar collection date: 09/ii/2010, parasitoid eclosion: 13/ii/2010; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0038023. GenBank accession: HQ548697.

Holotype host data. Euclea mesoamericana ( Limacodidae ) feeding on Thelypteris nicaraguensis ( Thelypteridaceae ), caterpillar voucher code: 10-SRNP-30444.

Paratype.

BCLDQ0860.

Etymology.

Triraphis doncombi is named in honor of Dr. Don Comb (RIP), founder of the New England Biolabs and New England Biolabs Foundation, in recognition of his serious and ongoing support for the management and biodiversity conservation of Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northeastern Costa Rica (http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr), through the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr).

Figures

Figure 35. Triraphis doncombi, holotype.

Figure 37. Exit hole, left side, cut by the wasp Triraphis doncombi (DHJPAR 0038023) to exit the mummified body wall of the parasitized host caterpillar Euclea mesoamericana (Limacodidae) in its last instar.