Aleiodes alanflemingi 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 alanflemingi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 374

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM5670. Consensus barcode. ATTCTATATTTTTTATTTGGGRTATGAGCAGGTATGATTGGTTTATCTATAAGGTTAATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAATAAGAGGGAGTATTTTAAAAAATGATCAGATTTATAATGGGATAGTGACATTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTRATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATGGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATYGTTGATCCCTTCATTATTTTTACTTTTAAATAGTGGAATTATTAATTTAGGAGTTGGTACAGGGTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGGCATAATGGTATATCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACAYTTAGCTGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTTAATATAAAAATAATAAAAATTAAAATAGATCAAATTAATTTATTTATTTGATCTRTTTTAATTACAGTAATTTTATTATTACTTTCATTGCCTGTTTTAGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGAGACCCTATTTTATTTCAACATCTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, rain forest/laguna, 12/v/2014, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG27868-C03.

Paratypes.

None.

Other material.

One specimen from Belize (BMNHE897785) is in the same BIN but was not examined.

Etymology.

Aleiodes alanflemingi is named in honor of Alan Fleming’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 374. Aleiodes alanflemingi, holotype.