Bioalfa rodrigogamezi 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 rodrigogamezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 368

Diagnosis.

Differing from all other species of Bioalfa in its lack of color and lack of banding on the forewing (Fig. 368 ).

Holotype ♂.

Costa Rica, Alajuela, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Parcelas, 10.9077, -85.29137, 375 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/i/2005, wasp eclosion date: 13/i/2005. Depository: CNC.

Host data. The host caterpillar is Hypena Poole17 ( Erebidae ) feeding on Urera caracasana ( Urticaceae ).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 05-SRNP-40098, DHJPAR0009401.

Paratypes.

None.

Note.

This is the only known male specimen of Bioalfa . As in related rogadine genera, it has swollen labial and maxillary palpi.

Etymology.

Bioalfa rodrigogamezi is named in honor of Professor Rodrigo Gámez, co-founder and executor of the Instituto Nacional de Costa Rica (INBio) in 1989, and co-founder of Área de Conservación Guanacaste in 1985.

Figures

Figure 368. Bioalfa rodrigogamezi: A lateral habitus, arrows point to maxillary and labial palpi B lateral habitus C forewing.