Aleiodes donwhiteheadi 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 donwhiteheadi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 390

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA5378. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCAGGGATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAAGAACTTCTGGCAGAGTCTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGTATAGTTACATTACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATATTGGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATTTTACTTTTAATAAGAGGAGTAATAAATTCAGGTGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACTATGTATCCACCTTTATCATCATTAATTGGTCATAGAGGATTTTCTGTTGATATATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCATCTTCAATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTTAATATAAATTTAATAAAAATTAAGATAGATCAGATTTCATTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAACAATTTTATTACTTCTTTCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCAATTACAATACTTTTAACAGATCGGAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGGGACCCAATTTTATTCCAGCATCTTTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Estación Quica, 10.99697, -85.39666, 470 meters, caterpillar collection date: 03/xi/2010, wasp eclosion date: 08/xi/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Calodesma maculifrons ( Erebidae ) feeding on unidentified plant.

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 10-SRNP-73227, DHJPAR0042076.

Paratype.

DHJPAR0029061. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Aleiodes donwhiteheadi is named in honor of Don Whitehead’s (RIP) long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG and GDFCF.

Figures

Figure 390. Aleiodes donwhiteheadi, holotype.