Aleiodes ronaldzunigai 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 ronaldzunigai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 33 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AAH8707; nearest neighbor: Aleiodes nr. speciosus BOLD:AAM4342; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.4%. Consensus barcode: AATTTTATAYTTCATATTTGGAATATGAGCAGGTATAATTGGAATATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAACAAGAGGAAGAATTTTAAAAAATGACCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTAACTTTGCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCARTTATAATTGGGGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAATCCCCTTAATATTAGGGGCCCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTATTTTTACTAATAAGAGGTATTATTAATACAGGAGTTGGGACAGGATGAACTATATACCCTCCTTTATCRTCTTTAATTGGACATAATAGAATTTCARTTGATATGTCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGRGCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTTAATATAAATTTAATAAAAATTAAATTAGACCAAATTTCATTGTTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTACTAGCAGGAGCAATCACCATATTATTAACTGATCGTAACTTAAACACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGAGAYCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Morphological data.

No images are available on BOLD for the three specimens in the nearest neighbor, all from Ecuador.

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Sendero Puertas, 400 m, 11.01087 -85.48816; host caterpillar collection date: 28/xii/2018, parasitoid eclosion: 07/i/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0064524, GenBank accession: MW627585.

Holotype host data.

geoJanzen01 19-SRNP-20029 ( Geometridae ) feeding on algae, caterpillar voucher code:18-SRNP-21223.

Paratype.

all males and all with same host as holotype, DHJPAR0064525, DHJPAR0064526, DHJPAR0063992.

Etymology.

Aleiodes ronaldzunigai is named in honor of Ronald Zúñiga, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Parque Ecológico, SINAC, Santo Domingo de Heredia, ACC (Area de Conservación Central), Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 33. Aleiodes ronaldzunigai, holotype.