Aleiodes steveashei 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 steveashei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 406

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAJ4092. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTCTTATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGAATAATTGGTATATCAATAAGACTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGAACCAGAGGTAGAATCCTTAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGAATAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAACTGATTAATCCCATTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCCTTAATACTTTTATTAATTAGAGGGATAATCAATACAGGAGTAGGGACAGGATGAACTATATACCCTCCCTTATCTTCATTAATTGGTCATAATGGAATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCACTACATTTAGCTGGGGCCTCATCAATTATAGGAGCAGTTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTAATAATAATTAAAATAGATCAAATTACCTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATCTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATRTTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGGGGGGGAGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATCTTTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 10.92691, -85.46822, 1150 meters, caterpillar collection date: 29/vii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 20/vii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Tachuda discreta ( Notodontidae ) feeding on Serjania schiedeana ( Sapindaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 10-SRNP-35614, DHJPAR0040461.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Tachuda discrete , Lysana Janzen02, and Elymiotis plechelm (all Notodontidae ). DHJPAR0047201. DHJPAR0021180, DHJPAR0062073, DHJPAR0062081, DHJPAR0062112. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Aleiodes steveashei is named in honor of Steve Ashe’s (RIP) long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF.

Figures

Figure 406. Aleiodes steveashei, holotype.