Aleiodes alfonsopescadori 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 alfonsopescadori Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 379

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACR4858. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGCATATGAGCAGGAATGGTTGGAGTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAATAAGAGGAAGTATTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGYATAGTTACATTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATRCCTATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGRAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTGGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCYCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTGTTAATYCCTTCATTATTTTTACTTTTAAATAGTGGAATTATTAATTTAGGTGTTGGYACAGGATGAACTATATAYCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGRCATAATGGTATATCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTYTCTTTACATTTAGCCGGAGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTGTTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTTAATATAAAAATAATAAAAATTAAAATAGATCAGATTAATTTATTTATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAGTAATTTTATTATTACTTTCATTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGGGGGG.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.8438, -85.6138, 300 meters, 11/ii/2013, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG18398-F08.

Paratypes.

BIOUG17569-F04, BIOUG18290-A11, BIOUG18499-F03. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Aleiodes alfonsopescadori is named in honor of Alfonso Pescador’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 379. Aleiodes alfonsopescadori, holotype.