Chelonus isidrochaconi 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 isidrochaconi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 99

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAC8260. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTGTATTTGGAATTTGAAGAGGTATAATTGGGYTATCATTAAGAGTTATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGTAGGGTAATAAGATTATTTTCTAAYGATCAATTGTATAATAGAATTGTGACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTTTRATAATTGGRGGTTTTGGAAATTGGYTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGCGGATTTGTAAATATAGGAGCTGGGACAGGATGAACAGTGTATCCYCCTTTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATAGAGGGGTGTCAGTTGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGGCTTCATCAATTATAGGKTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATACTTGGTTACATATTAAGTATATAGATAAATAYCCATTATTTGTTTGATCTGTATTTATTACAACTATTCTTTTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGAYCCTTCAGGAGGGGGRGAYCCTGTATTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.88, -85.389, 575 meters, caterpillar collection date: 26/v/2012, wasp eclosion date: 16/vi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Parastenia retractalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Trichostigma octandrum ( Phytolaccaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-2158, DHJPAR0049008.

Paratypes.

Host = Parastenia retractalis : DHJPAR0037159, DHJPAR0037174, DHJPAR0037181, DHJPAR0037166, DHJPAR0037172, DHJPAR0037173, DHJPAR0037162, DHJPAR0037176, DHJPAR0037179, DHJPAR0048983, DHJPAR0048984, DHJPAR0048986, DHJPAR0048987, DHJPAR0048988. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus isidrochaconi is named to honor Sr. Isdro Chacon of BioAlfa for his decades of dedicated support and action for the taxonomy and biodiversity of Costa Rica in general and specifically INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad and the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 99. Chelonus isidrochaconi, holotype.