Aleiodes alexsmithi 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7D6C858-54F0-4797-BBCB-939F707C3184

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Aleiodes alexsmithi Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Aleiodes alexsmithi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 378 View Figure 378

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAV7512. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATACTTTTTATTTGGYATTTGAGCTGGAATAATTGGAATATCTATAAGTCTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAACAAATAAAAGAATTCTAAATAATGAACAAATCTATAATGGAATAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGCTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAAYATAAGATTTTGRTTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTATTTTTATTAACAAGAGGAATTATTAATTCAGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACAATATAYCCACCTTTATCATCATTAATTGGTCATAATGGAATATCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTCATCTCCACTATTTTCAATATAAATTTAAAAATAATTAAAATAGATCAATTACCTCTTCTTATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAACAATTTTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCAGTYTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACCATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATCTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGACCCCATTCTTTTCCAACATCTTTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre, 10.81703, -85.64366, 270 meters, caterpillar collection date: 20/v/2006, wasp eclosion date: 21/v/2007. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Holochroa ochra ( Geometridae ) feeding on Combretum farinosum ( Combretaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 06-SRNP-14583, DHJPAR0062173.

Paratypes.

None.

Other material.

A specimen (BCLDQ01401) collected in Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico is in the same BIN. It was not examined.

Etymology.

Aleiodes alexsmithi is named in honor of Alex Smith’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Aleiodes