Chelonus moniquegilbertae 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/4A270B26-3A4E-4563-A1C9-E987702F4E9B

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:4A270B26-3A4E-4563-A1C9-E987702F4E9B

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scientific name

Chelonus moniquegilbertae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus moniquegilbertae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 139 View Figure 139

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAJ0370. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGGTCAGGAATATTAGGATTGTCGTTGAGTTTATTGATTCGTATAGAATTAAGGTTAACAGGTAGGTTATTTTTAAATGATCAACTTTATAATAGAGTAGTAACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTGGTTCCATTAATGTTAGGTTTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTGTTAATTCCTGCTATTATTTTGATGATTTTAAGAGGGTTTGTTAATATAGGAGCTGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTGATAGGACATGGTGGAATTTCTGTTGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGCTTCATCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACAGTAATTAATACTTGAATAAATATTAAATTTATAGATAAATTTTCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCGGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGTGGAGATCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Estación Quica, 10.997, -85.397, 470 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/viii/2009, wasp eclosion date: 31/viii/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Antaeotricha spurca ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Cassia grandis (introduced) ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-71792, DHJPAR0040022.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Omiodes humeralis ( Crambidae ) elachJanzen01 Janzen235 ( Depressariidae ), elachJanzen01 Janzen38 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0020801, DHJPAR0020805, DHJPAR0042517, DHJPAR0051323. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus moniquegilbertae is named in honor of Mrs. Monique Gilbert of the GDFCF office in Vermont who is Chief Development Officer for GDFCF as well as "general fixer of many important things".

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus