Chelonus robertofernandezi 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B90F0801-30A2-441C-998D-D05788ABF0C1

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Chelonus robertofernandezi Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus robertofernandezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 154 View Figure 154

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACJ5332. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGGTGTGGAGTTTTAGGGTTATCTTTGAGAATATTAATTCGGATAGAATTAAGTATATCTGGAAGTTTATTATTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGTATCGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGTTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTGATTCCTTCATTATTTATACTATTAATAAGGGGATTTGTTAATATAGGAGTTGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCCTTATTAATTGGGCATGGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCATCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAGTTATAAATATATGGGTGGTTAGGAGATTTATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCGGGGGCTATTACTATGTTATTGAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCCTCAGGGGGGGGAGACCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Vado Rio Francia, 10.901, -85.289, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 26/vii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 13/viii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen110 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Ardisia compressa ( Primulaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-42816, DHJPAR0052883.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus robertofernandezi is named to honor Sr. Roberto Fernandez of GDFCF and BioAlfa for his years of environmental planning for ICE followed by his current facilitation of the interaction between BioAlfa and ICE and other sectors of Costa Rican society while administrating the field aspects of the SINAC participation in BioAlfa Malaise-trapping of national parks.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus