Chelonus maribellealvarezae 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 maribellealvarezae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 127

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1066. Consensus barcode. AGTATTATATTTTATTTTTGGKATATGATCGGGGGTTTTGGGTTTATCTYTAAGGTTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTRAGTATATTAGGTAGTATATTTATAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGTTTACCAGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTAYTAATTCCTTCTTTATTATTATTAATTATAAGAAGTTTYGTAAATACAGGTGTAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATAGGGGTATTTCAGTAGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATRTCTTCAATTATRGGGTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTGTYTTAAATACATGAATAAATAATAAATTAATAGATAARTTTTCTTTATTTGTTTGATCRATTTTTATTACAACAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGRGCTATTACTATATTAYTAAGGGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Vado Miramonte, 10.772, -85.434, 305 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/xii/2009, wasp eclosion date: 31/xii/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen221 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Desmodium procumbens ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-58092, DHJPAR0038214.

Paratype.

Host = elachJanzen01 Janzen38: DHJPAR0051929.

Etymology.

Chelonus maribellealvarezae is named to honor Sra. Maribelle Alvarez of CONAGEBIO for her collaboration and support with the entire biodiversity permitting needs for BioAlfa and other ACG Biodiversity inventory.

Figures

Figure 127. Chelonus maribellealvarezae, holotype.