Chelonus jimwhitfieldi 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/ADABAC0C-CAA1-4E9A-8FCE-8F64CC02AE9C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:ADABAC0C-CAA1-4E9A-8FCE-8F64CC02AE9C

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scientific name

Chelonus jimwhitfieldi Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus jimwhitfieldi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 108 View Figure 108

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACC1273. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATATTTGGAATATGATGTGGGATTTTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGATTGATGATTCGGATAGAGTTAAGAAGTGTAATGAGTTTATTTTCTAATGATCAATTATATAATAGGATTGTCACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGCGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGATTATCAGATATGATTTTTCCTCGGATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTGGTTCCTTCAATTATATTATTAATTATAAGAGGATTTGTGAATATGGGAGCAGGGACTGGGTGGACTGTGTATCCTCCTTTGTCGTTGTTGATAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTGGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGCTCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTGTTAGTACTTGAATAAGTTTAAAATATATAGATAAATATTCGTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTGTTTATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTGTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGGGGAGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.016, -85.381, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 22/viii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 13/ix/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Prenesta scyllalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Forsteronia spicata ( Apocynaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-72051, DHJPAR0050070.

Paratype.

Host = Prenesta scyllalisDHJ01: DHJPAR0050073. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus jimwhitfieldi is named to honor Dr. Jim Whitfield of the University of Illinois for his decades of mentorship to DHJ about Braconidae taxonomy and stimulus for their collection and rearing from ACG, while carrying out many braconid taxonomic projects for ACG specimens.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus