Aleiodes kaydodgeae Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Aleiodes kaydodgeae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 28 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEB2985; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes sp. BOLD:AAV6245; distance to nearest neighbor is 10.74%. Consensus barcode: AGTATTGTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCTGGAATAGTTGGTTTATCTATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGAGTTGGGGGGAGAGTCTTAAAAAATGATCAGATTTATAAYGGTATAGTAACTTTGCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATATTAGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGGTTAGTTCCTTTAATATTGAGAGCTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCTTTTTTTTTATTATTGATTAGAGGTGTTATTAATTCAGGRGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTCTTTCTTTATTAATTGGTCATGATGGAATTTCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCCATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAAAAGATTTAAAATTAGATCAAGTTTCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAACAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTGACTGATCGAAACTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTGCTGGAGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTGTTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the base of the stigma brown (Fig. 28 ), contrasting with yellow in the nearest neighbor.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Brasilia, Gallinazo, 360 m, 11.0183 -85.372; host caterpillar collection date: 10/vii/2019, parasitoid eclosion: 23/vii/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0064529, GenBank accession: MW627545.

Holotype host data.

Isogona Poole07 ( Erebidae ) feeding on Celtis iguanaea ( Ulmaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:19-SRNP-65351.

Paratype.

DHJPAR0065341.

Etymology.

Aleiodes kaydodgeae is named in honor of Kay Dodge of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula today, original and decades long facilitator of ACG support from Peter Wege (RIP) of the Wege Foundation of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

Figures

Figure 28. Aleiodes kaydodgeae, holotype.