Chelonus melaniamunozae 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/7B616FF6-D3C8-4AD1-A877-4431420D70C4

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:7B616FF6-D3C8-4AD1-A877-4431420D70C4

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scientific name

Chelonus melaniamunozae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus melaniamunozae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 133 View Figure 133

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1107. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATACTTTATTTTTGGAATATGATCAGGTATATTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTATAATAATTCGTTTAGAATTAGCTTTTACTGGAAGTTTATTTATTAATGATCAATTATATAATTTATTAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCATTAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTTACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATGAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTATTAATTCCTTCAATTTTTTTATTAATTATAAGAAATTTTGTTAATATAGGAGTAGGTACTGGATGAACAGTATATCCTCCATTATCTTCTTTAATAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCAGGAATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTGTAACTGTAATTAATWCTTGAATAAAAAATTTATATATAGATAAATTATCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTTTTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTCATCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10.988, -85.42, 680 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/iii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 25/iii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen758 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Coccoloba porphyrostachys ( Polygonaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-30674, DHJPAR0039043.

Paratypes.

Hosts = gelJanzen01 Janzen758. DHJPAR0039052, DHJPAR0039064, DHJPAR0039065. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus melaniamunozae is named to honor Sra. Melania Muñoz of CONAGEBIO for her collaboration and support with the entire biodiversity permitting needs for BioAlfa and other ACG Biodiversity inventory.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus