Chelonus jesusugaldei 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 jesusugaldei Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 105

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABY3312. Consensus barcode. TATAATATATTTTGTATTTGGAATTTGATGTGGGATATTAGGTTTATCTTTGAGATTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGAGTAATAAGTTTATTTTATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTTATCAGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACTTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGATTTGTAAATATAGGAGCAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCACCATTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATAGTGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATATCTTCTATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATTAATACATGAATATTAATAAATTATATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATTACAATGTTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGAGGAGGTGATCCAGTGTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estación Los Almendros, 11.032, -85.528, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 01/iv/2011, wasp eclosion date: 08/v/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Herpetogramma phaeopteralis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Scleria latifolia ( Cyperaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-4459, DHJPAR0048100.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus jesusugaldei is named to honor Sr. Jesus Ugalde for his many years of dedicated administrative support to the national biodiversity inventory under way by INBio, the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica, the collection from which now resides in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 105. Chelonus jesusugaldei, holotype.