Chelonus iangauldi 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

Chelonus iangauldi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 98

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAD4709. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGTTTGAAGAGGRATAATAGGGTTATCTTTAAGAGTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGAGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACGATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCATTAATAGTAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGTAGATTTGTTAATATAGGAGCTGGAACAGGGTGAACAGTATATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAGTAAGACATAGAGGAATTTCTGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATATCATCAATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATACTTGAATATATAAAAAATATATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTGTGATCTATTTTTATTACAACAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTGGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAGTATTATACCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Quebrada Garcia, 10.861, -85.426, 495 meters, caterpillar collection date: 20/vii/2009, wasp eclosion date: 11/x/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Prenesta scyllalisDHJ01 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Forsteronia spicata ( Apocynaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-4322, DHJPAR0037165.

Paratypes.

Host = Prenesta scyllalisDHJ01: DHJPAR0037160, DHJPAR0037183, DHJPAR0036726, DHJPAR0037168, DHJPAR0037175, DHJPAR0037169, DHJPAR0040017. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus iangauldi is named to honor Dr. Ian Gauld (RIP) for his decades of highly enthusiastic support for all things taxonomic and bioinventory of Costa Rica in general and ACG specifically, with special emphasis on wasps in the family Ichneumonidae .

Figures

Figure 98. Chelonus iangauldi, holotype.