Aleiodes alexsmithi 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

Aleiodes alexsmithi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 378

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAV7512. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATACTTTTTATTTGGYATTTGAGCTGGAATAATTGGAATATCTATAAGTCTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAACAAATAAAAGAATTCTAAATAATGAACAAATCTATAATGGAATAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGCTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAAYATAAGATTTTGRTTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTATTTTTATTAACAAGAGGAATTATTAATTCAGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACAATATAYCCACCTTTATCATCATTAATTGGTCATAATGGAATATCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTCATCTCCACTATTTTCAATATAAATTTAAAAATAATTAAAATAGATCAATTACCTCTTCTTATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAACAATTTTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCAGTYTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACCATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATCTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGACCCCATTCTTTTCCAACATCTTTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre, 10.81703, -85.64366, 270 meters, caterpillar collection date: 20/v/2006, wasp eclosion date: 21/v/2007. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Holochroa ochra ( Geometridae ) feeding on Combretum farinosum ( Combretaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 06-SRNP-14583, DHJPAR0062173.

Paratypes.

None.

Other material.

A specimen (BCLDQ01401) collected in Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico is in the same BIN. It was not examined.

Etymology.

Aleiodes alexsmithi is named in honor of Alex Smith’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 378. Aleiodes alexsmithi, holotype.