Three new species and phylogenetic affinity of the neotropical doryctine genus Sericobracon Shaw (Braconidae)

We describe three new species of Sericobracon from Costa Rica: S. paulmarshi Zaldivar-Riveron & Shaw, S. puravida Zaldivar-Riveron & Shaw, and S. zunigai Zaldivar-Riveron & Shaw. The latter species is characterized with DNA barcoding, providing the first such molecular data for any species in this genus. We also investigated the phylogenetic affinity of the genus within the Doryctinae based on nuclear UCE data.