Chelonus markmetzi 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 markmetzi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 128

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA4444. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATKTTTGGTATATGGGCTGGATTTTTGGGATTATCATTAAGATTATTAATTCGGATAGAATTGAGAGTGCTAGGYAGAGTATTTACTAATGAYCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATGATTGGTGGATTTGGRAATTGGTTGGTACCTTTGATATTAGGATTACCGGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCTTTAATATTATTAATATTAGGGGGATTTGTCAATATAGGGGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCATTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATAGAGGAGTTTCTGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCGGGAGTYTCATCTATTATAGGATCRGTAAATTTTATTGTAACTATTTTAAATACTTGAATAAAAAATGATTTTATAGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTATTTGATCTGTATTTATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCGTTACCWGTATTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGAYCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGTGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Estación La Perla, 10.767, -85.433, 325 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/v/2011, wasp eclosion date: 31/v/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Herpetogramma phaeopteralis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Axonopus fissifolius ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-5549, DHJPAR0045350.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Herpetogramma phaeopteralis . DHJPAR0045335, DHJPAR0045355, DHJPAR0055996, DHJPAR0055997, DHJPAR0056052, BIOUG17653-H06, BIOUG18660-H04. Depository: CNC.

Other material.

Specimens from Mexico (BIOUG19755-A08, BIOUG20526-D01) share the same BIN on BOLD and may be conspecific. They were not examined.

Etymology.

Chelonus markmetzi is named to honor Dr. Mark Metz of the Smithsonian Institution and USDA for his open-mindedness in exploring and conducting the biopolitics of micromoth taxonomy and patronyms for ACG and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 128. Chelonus markmetzi, holotype.