Aleiodes henryhowdeni 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 henryhowdeni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 393

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABX5209. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCAGGAATAATTGGTATATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGCCTAGAATTAAGAACAGGAGGGAGAATTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATCTACAATGGAATAGTAACATTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTATTAATTCCTTCTCTAATACTTTTATTAATTAGAGGAATTATTAATACAGGGGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCATCATTAATTGGTCATAATGGTATTTCAGTAGATATGTCTATTTTTTCGTTACATCTTGCTGGAGCCTCTTCAATTATAGGGGCAATTAATTTTATTTCCACTATTTTTAATATAAATCTTTTAAGAATTAAAATAGATCAAATTATATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACCACAATTTTATTATTATTATCCCTTCCAGTTCTTGCAGGGGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGAT------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Estación La Perla, 10.76737, -85.43313, 325 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/v/2011, wasp eclosion date: 09/vi/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Anticarsia gemmatalis ( Erebidae ) feeding on Centrosema sagittatum ( Fabaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 11-SRNP-55519, DHJPAR0045467.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0052871, Benisodes Poole02. DHJPAR0063146, BIOUG30149-A08. Depository: CNC.

Other material.

A specimen from Belize (NHM749233) and another from Cuba (BCLDQ0693) are in the same BIN. They were not examined.

Etymology.

Aleiodes henryhowdeni is named in honor of Henry Howden’s (RIP) long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF.

Figures

Figure 393. Aleiodes henryhowdeni, holotype.