Aleiodes juniorporrasi 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 juniorporrasi Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 31 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAV7490; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes sp. BOLD:AAV6239, from French Guiana; distance to nearest neighbor is 8.65%. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTTTATGGTCAGGAATAATTGGCATGTCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGAACGAGAGGTAGAATTTTAAAAAATGACCAAATTTATAATGGCATAGTAACTTTACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATCCCATCACTAATATTTTTATTGATTAGAGGTATTATTAATACAGGAGTAGGGACAGGATGAACTATATATCCTCCCCTATCTTCCTTAATTGGCCATAATAGAATATCAGTTGATATATCAATTTTTTCTCTCCATATAGCTGGAGCCTCATCAATCATAGGAGCAATTAATTTCATCTCAACAATTTTTAACATAAATCTAATAAAAATTAAAATAGACCAAATTATACTATTAGTATGGTCAGTTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTACTACTTTCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGACCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGGGACCCCATTTTATTCCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by its uniformly colored hind legs (Fig. 31 ), compared to hind femur darker than remaining leg segments in the nearest neighbor.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Guanacaste Area de Conservación, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Aura, 432 m, 10.9654 -85.3239; host caterpillar collection date: 04/vii/2019, parasitoid eclosion: 31/vii/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0064521, GenBank accession: MW627570.

Holotype host data.

geoJanzen01 Janzen7158 ( Geometridae ) feeding on Serjania schiedeana ( Sapindaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:19-SRNP-27158.

Paratype.

BCLDQ01511, Honduras, Malaise-trapped (CNC).

Etymology.

Aleiodes juniorporrasi is named in honor of Junior Porras Quirós, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Estación Altamira, Parque Nacional Chirripo, ACLAP, Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 31. Aleiodes juniorporrasi, holotype.