Aleiodes kerrydresslerae 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 kerrydresslerae Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 29 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEF3944; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes sp. BOLD:AAG1309; distance to nearest neighbor is 8.29%. Consensus barcode: AGTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCAGGAATAATTGGGATATCAATAAGTTTAATAATCCGATTAGAATTAAGAACAAATGGAAGAATCTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATGGTAACTTTACATGCCTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGACATAGCTTTCCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTAATACCTTCTTTAATACTTTTATTACTTAGAGGAATAATTAATACCGGGGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTATATATCCCCCTTTATCATCACTAATTGGACATAATGGAATTTCAGTAGATATATCTATTTTTTCTTTACACCTTGCAGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATCAACTTCATTTCAACTATTTTTAATATAAATATTATAACAATTAAAATAGATCAAATTATACTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATCCTTTTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTACTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGACTTTTCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCTATTTTATTCCAACATCTTTTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by its pale stigma (Fig. 29 ), which is mostly melanic in the nearest neighbor.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Bullas, 440 m, 10.98670 -85.38503; host caterpillar collection date: 25/i/2019, parasitoid eclosion: 13/ii/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0063995, GenBank accession: MW627548.

Holotype host data.

Anomis gentilis ( Erebidae ) feeding on Peltaea ovata ( Malvaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:19-SRNP-70250.

Paratype.

DHJPAR0063970.

Etymology.

Aleiodes kerrydresslerae is named in honor of Kerry Dressler for her life career of deep and intense work and interest in the taxonomy of orchids, and of supporting Bob Dressler’s enthusiasm for the same.

Figures

Figure 29. Aleiodes kerrydresslerae, holotype.