Bioalfa 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

Bioalfa alvarougaldei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 367

Diagnosis.

Differing from the five other known species (two undescribed and not included here) in many characters including a hypopygium that is much more convex than the others. Body length 7.1 mm. Other details can be gleaned from the images in Fig. 367 .

Holotype ♀.

Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 10.44, -84.01, 100 meters, 1/ii/1994, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. None.

Paratypes.

4♀♀, all from La Selva Biological Station on the following dates: 1/ix/1993, 1/iv/1985, iv-v/1993, iv/1993. Three specimens deposited in CNC, one in Paul Hanson’s collection at the University of Costa Rica.

Etymology.

Bioalfa alvarougaldei is named in honor of Sr. Alvaro Ugalde (RIP) in recognition of his major and critical support and role in the founding of Parque Nacional Santa Rosa and its subsequent development as Área de Conservación Guanacaste, and eventual stimulus for BioAlfa, the concept of facilitating Costa Rica to become bioliterate.

Figures

Figure 367. Bioalfa alvarougaldei holotype A lateral head and mesosoma B lateral metasoma C wings D anterior head E lateral habitus F dorsal head and mesosoma G tarsal claw H hind tibial spurs I apex of hind tibia J metasomal terga 1 and 2 K apex of metasoma, dorsal view.