Bioalfa pedroleoni 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 pedroleoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 366

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAX3381. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGATCTGGTATATTAGGTTTATCTATAAGAATTATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGTAATCCTGGTGGATTAATTAAAAATGATTATATTTATAATTCAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATATTAGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTATAATATTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTTTATTATTAATAAGTTCATTTGTTAATATTGGTGTTGGTACTGGTTGAACTATATATCCTCCATTATCTTCTTTATTGGGTCATAGTGGATTTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGATATCTTCTATTATGGGGTCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTTAATATAAAATTATATTCTTTAAATATAGATCAATTAAATTTATTTATTTGGTCAATTTTAATTACTGTAATTTTATTACTTTTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTTACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATTTC. Differing from the five other known species (two undescribed and not included here) in many characters including coloration, e.g., it is the only species with one melanic band on the forewing, a terminal band. The others have two melanic bands, one at midlength and one terminal. Body length 5.5 mm. Other details can be gleaned from the images in Fig. 366 .

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Laureles, 10.933, -85.253, 95 meters, caterpillar collection date: 5/viii/2005, wasp eclosion date: 18/viii/2005. Depository: CNC.

Host data. The host caterpillar is Syngria druidaria ( Uraniidae ) feeding externally on new full-sized leaves of Amphilophium crucigerum , a woody vine in the Bignoniaceae in the dry-rain forest interface.

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 07-SRNP-42145, DHJPAR0021184.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Bioalfa pedroleoni is named in honor of Professor Pedro Leon of the Universidad de Costa Rica for his founding role in the initiation of Área de Conservación Guanacaste in 1986 and his founding role in the initiation of BioAlfa by alerting Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Román Macaya, to the potential of DNA barcoding Costa Rica’s biodiversity in 2017.

Figures

Figure 366. Bioalfa pedroleoni A, B, D-H holotype C paratype A lateral habitus B lateral habitus C wings D anterior head E dorsal head, mesosoma and terga 1 - 2 F tarsal claw G dorsal metasoma H hind tibial spurs.