Aleiodes terryerwini 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 terryerwini Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 407

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADJ0647. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGTATAATTGGAATATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGAATTAATGGAAGAATTTTAAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGGAATAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGAAGACCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATACTTTTATTAATTAGAGGAATTATTAATACGGGAGTAGGAACAGGATGAACTATATACCCTCCTTTATCTTCACTTATTGGACATAATGGAATTTCCGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACACTTAGCAGGGGCTTCATCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTAATAATAATTAAAATAGACCAAATTACATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCAATTTTATTACTATTATCTTTACCAGTCTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATCTAAACACAAGTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATTCCAACATCTTTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Manguera, 10.99590, -85.39842, 470 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/v/2017, wasp eclosion date: 21/v/2017. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Paectes Poole10 ( Euteliidae ) feeding on Mosquitoxylum jamaicense ( Anacardiaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 17-SRNP-71490, DHJPAR0061494.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Aleiodes terryerwini is named in honor of Terry Erwin’s (RIP) long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and BioAlfa existence.

Figures

Figure 407. Aleiodes terryerwini, holotype.