Aleiodes alvarougaldei 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

Aleiodes alvarougaldei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 382

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABW3270. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTCCTTTTTGGTATATGAGCAGGAATAATTGGGATATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAAGAATGAGTGGAAGAATTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAACGGTATAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTCATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGCTTTGGRAATTGATTARTTCCTCTAATRTTAGGAGCTCCTGAYATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAACAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATCCCTTCTTTAATACTTTTATTAATTAGYGGAATAATTAATACAGGTGTAGGAACTGGMTGAACAATATACCCYCCATTATCATCATTAATTGGTCATAATGGAATTTCTGTAGATATATCTATTTTTTCATTACAYCTAGCTGGAGCCTCATCAATTATAGGAGCCATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTAATAACAATTAAAATAGACCAAATCATATTATTAATTTGGKCTATTTTAATTACCACAATTTTATTACTCTTATCTTTACCTGTYCTAGCTGGAGCCATTACTATATTACTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAACACAAGATTTTTTGATTTCTCAGGAGGAGGTGAYCCAATTTTATTCCAACATCTTTTT.

Specimen ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 10.7631, -85.3344, 820 meters, 05/ii/2015, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Specimen voucher code. BIOUG44435-B10.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Aleiodes alvarougaldei is named in honor of Alvaro Ugalde’s (RIP) long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF.

Note.

A second specimen in the same BIN on BOLD (BIOUG01036-F12) was collected in Ontario, Canada and identified as A. wyomingensis Shaw & Marsh, 2006, however the holotype of A. wyomingensis has a bicolored stigma and differs morphologically in other ways. Although placed in the same BIN the two specimens are not likely to be conspecific. The Canadian specimen has a similar color but is far more robust in the body and appendages than A. alvarougaldei .

Figures

Figure 382. Aleiodes alvarougaldei, holotype.