Chelonus pamelacastilloae 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/257D7007-E999-4561-AAC0-AADED3913464

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:257D7007-E999-4561-AAC0-AADED3913464

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scientific name

Chelonus pamelacastilloae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus pamelacastilloae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 145 View Figure 145

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAK1568. Consensus barcode. GATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGATCGGGAATTTTAGGTTTATCTTTGAGAATATTAATTCGTATAGAGTTAAGATTAAGAGGAAGTTTGTTAATAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAGTTCCAGATATAGCATTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATATTGGTTATTAATTCCGTCTTTATTTATATTAATTATAAGAAGATTTGTTAATGTAGGTGTAGGTACGGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCACCATTATCTTTATTAATTGGTCATGGTGGAGTTTCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGATATCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTGGGGCAAATAGATGAATAAAGAATAAATTTATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTATGGTCAGTATTGATTACTGCGTTATTATTACTATTATCTTTGCCAGTATTGGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGTGGTGGGGATCCAGTATTATATCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Venado, 10.897, -85.27, 420 meters, caterpillar collection date: 29/vii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 26/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha BioLep91 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Tachigali costaricensis ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-43517, DHJPAR0045401.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus pamelacastilloae is named for Sra. Pamela Castillo, Costa Rica’s Vice-Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE) and for her welcoming response to BioAlfa for Costa Rica.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus