Chelonus rebeccakittelae 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/28D344D0-F5D2-4CBF-AB66-CD2929DD078E

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:28D344D0-F5D2-4CBF-AB66-CD2929DD078E

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scientific name

Chelonus rebeccakittelae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus rebeccakittelae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 152 View Figure 152

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACB1121. Consensus barcode. GTGGAGTTTTGGGATTATCTTTAAGGATATTAATTCGTATGGAGTTAAGAATATCTGGAAGGTTATTGTTGAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGAATCGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTGTAATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTTGCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTAATAAGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGAGTAGGAACTGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGACATGGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGGGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATAAATATATGAGTAATTAAAAGATTTATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTGGCTGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGGGGGGA-------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estación Los Almendros, 11.032, -85.528, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 20/ii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 10/v/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen224 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Microdesmia arborea ( Chrysobalanaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-20443, DHJPAR0048982.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus rebeccakittelae is named for Dr. Rebecca Kittel, visiting the Smithsonian Institution and contributing her efforts to identify Cheloninae braconids reared from the ACG biodiversity inventory in the 2019's and before.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus