Chelonus manuelpereirai 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 manuelpereirai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 124

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACP7116. Consensus barcode. AACATTATATTTTTTATATGGAATATGATCTGGATTTTTTGGTCTATCACTAAGTATATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGATCTTTAGGAAGATTTTTATTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTTACAATACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAGTAGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGAATAGTTCCTATAATATTAGGTTTACCAGATATAATTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATTTAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCATTAATTTTATTAATTTTAAGTAGTTTAGTTAATTCAGGAGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACCGTTTATCCACCTTTATCATTATTAATAGGTCATAGAGGAATTTCAGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGCATCTTCAATTTTAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTACATTAAATACTTGAATAAAAAAAAATATTATAGATACTTATCCATTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACAATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGACCCAGCAGGTGGGGGAGATCCTGTACTTTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Juntas, 10.907, -85.288, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 30/iv/2014, wasp eclosion date: 12/v/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen501 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Gouania polygama ( Rhamnaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-42146, DHJPAR0055499.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus manuelpereirai is named to honor Sr. Manuel Pereira of GDFCF and ACG for his many years as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist for ACG.

Figures

Figure 124. Chelonus manuelpereirai, holotype.