Aleiodes josesolanoi 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 josesolanoi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 30 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEB1913; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes sp. BOLD:AAM5681; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.24%. Consensus barcode: AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGAGCAGGAATAATTGGGATATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGAACTAGAGGTAGAATTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAACGGCATAGTAACTTTACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATYCCTCTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTAATTCCATCATTAATATTTTTATTAATTAGAGGAATTATTAATACAGGTGTAGGAACAGGATGAACAATATATCCTCCATTATCTTCATTAATTGGACATAATAGAATTTCAGTTGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCAGGTGCTTCATCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTCAATATAAACTTAATAAAAATCAAAATAGAYCAAATTATATTATTAGTTTGATCAGTTTTAATTACAGCCATTTTATTATTACTTTCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATCACTATATTRTTAACCGACCGTAACTTAAATACAAGTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

The nearest neighbor is a sole specimen from Canada. There is no image available on BOLD but due to the distribution, conspecificity is doubtful.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Meteorologico, 590 m, 11.002 -85.4617; host caterpillar collection date: 25/vi/2019, parasitoid eclosion: 15/vii/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0064517, GenBank accession: MW627567.

Holotype host data.

Herbita medama ( Geometridae ) feeding on Dendropanax arboreus ( Araliaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:19-SRNP-20457.

Paratype.

DHJPAR0064001 (DHJPAR0062033 not barcoded), host data Prenesta scyllalis feeding on Forsteronia spicata ( Apocynaceae ), depository CNC.

Etymology.

Aleiodes josesolanoi is named in honor of Jose Andrés Solano, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Estación El Ceibo, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, ACC, Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 30. Aleiodes josesolanoi, holotype.