Chelonus michaelstroudi 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

Chelonus michaelstroudi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 134

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACR3626. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGATCTGGAATATTTGGTTTATCATTGAGTATAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAATTTATCCTGGAAGT---TTATTAATGAATGATCAATTGTATAATAGG------GTAATTACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGTTGGGTTTACCGGATATAGCATTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATCCCTTCATTAATTATATTAATTATAGGAGGTTTTATTAATATAGGAGCAGGTACTGGTTGAACTATTTATCCTCCATTATCATCATTAATAGGACATAGTGGAATATCTGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCTGGAATATCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACAGTATTAAATACTTGAATAGATATT-AAATTTATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACAGCTTTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGGGATCGAAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTCTTCTGGAGGGGGAGATCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.016, -85.381, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/vi/2014, wasp eclosion date: 26/vi/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen485 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Rinorea deflexiflora ( Violaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-71020, DHJPAR0056003.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus michaelstroudi is named for Sr. Michael Stroud for his highly meritorious behavior of collaborating with his parents in their efforts to support ACG as a whole and biodiversity development specifically.

Figures

Figure 134. Chelonus michaelstroudi, holotype.