Aleiodes rocioecheverri 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 rocioecheverri Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 32 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAM5673; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes sp. BOLD:AAH8820; distance to nearest neighbor is 4.03%. Consensus barcode: GTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATATGAGCTGGTATATTAGGRTTATCTATAAGGTTAGTTATYCGTTTAGAATTAAGAAYTGTTGGRAGAGTTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGKATGGTTACATTACATGCTTTTGTAATAATYTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTYCCTCGGATAAATAATATGAGATTTTGRTTATTAATTCCTTCATTTTTTTTATTATTAATTAGAGGTGTTATTAATTCAGGGGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACAATATACCCTCCCCTTTCTTTATTAATTGGTCATAATGGTTTATCAGTGGATATATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGRGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTATTTTATATTAAATTAGATCAGATTTCTTTATTAGTATGGTCAGTATTAATCACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTRGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTGACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCGGGGGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTA.

Morphological data.

There is no image on BOLD, but the p-distance makes it doubtful that it is conspecific.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 575 m, 10.88 -85.389, 18/xi/2013, Malaise trap, depository CNC, holotype voucher code: BIOUG20202-G10, GenBank accession: MW627543.

Other material. BMNHE897799, from Belize deposited in the Natural History Museum (London), based on barcode, not viewed and lacking image on BOLD.

Etymology.

Aleiodes rocioecheverri is named in honor of Rocio Echeverri of San Jose and Liberia, Costa Rica, in recognition of her lifetime of concern and involvement with the betterment of Costa Rica’s positive relationship with its wild environment.

Figures

Figure 32. Aleiodes rocioecheverri, holotype.