Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11°00'57.67"N, 85°22'49.91"W, 380m; 10.III.2012; ex. Parphorusdecora; coll. Minor Carmona; Voucher code: DHJPAR0049235; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-65197.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 6 females, 1 male, CNC; CNC308750, CNC308751 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0038114, CNC958833, CNC958834, CNC958835 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0002292 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen).

Costa Rica (ACG).

Gregarious, reared from Parphorusdecora, Quasimellanaservilius, and Quasimellana Burns01.

BINBOLD:AAJ2210.

Named in honor of Dr. Michael (Mike) Joseph Sharkey, for his intense interest in conducting the taxonomy of ACG and Costa Rican Braconidae making use of DNA barcode information for identifications.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: white/yellow or. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 2 or 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5× its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: weakly sculptured along margins. T1 central ridge: marked by weak carina. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: shorter than first segment of metatarsus/longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.3–3.6 mm. Fore wing length: 3.4–3.5 mm.