Chelonus jeffmilleri 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/4E814E27-51E7-4E8F-B84E-9787B9C873EB

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E814E27-51E7-4E8F-B84E-9787B9C873EB

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scientific name

Chelonus jeffmilleri Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus jeffmilleri Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 101 View Figure 101

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACF0845. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAAGTGGGATAATAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTGTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGTGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTTTAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTCGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGATTCGTTAATATAGGGGCTGGTACGGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATAGGTCATAGTGGAGTTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCAGGGGCTTCATCTATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTGACTATTATAAATACTTGGTTACATTATAAATATATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCAGTATTATATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Quebrada Trigal, 11.027, -85.495, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 04/viii/2009, wasp eclosion date: 18/viii/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Phostria oajacalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Merremia umbellata ( Convolvulaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-22201, DHJPAR0040375.

Paratypes.

Host = Eulepte Solis15: DHJPAR0042859, DHJPAR0042862. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus jeffmilleri is named to honor Dr. Jeff Miller for his enthusiastic and productive interest in bringing the ACG caterpillars and their moths and butterflies into public view through book publications and public presentations.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus