Chelonus ramyamanjunathae 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 ramyamanjunathae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 150

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABA9309. Consensus barcode. AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGATGTGGAGTTTTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTATACTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGTATATCTGGGAGATTATTATTAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGTATTGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATGCCGGTAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTACCTTTAATATTAGGTTTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGGATGAATAATATAAGATATTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTAATAAGTGGTTTTATTAATATAGGGGTGGGGACAGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTGTTAATTGGTCATGGGGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATATGAATAAAAAGAAAATTTATGGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTATTAATTACTGCATTTTTACTTTTGTTATCATTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATACCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Malaguenya, 10.956, -85.284, 221 meters, caterpillar collection date: 07/vii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 25/vii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen321 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Combretum fruticosum ( Combretaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-67386, DHJPAR0045410.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha Janzen126, Antaeotricha Janzen146, Antaeotricha Janzen321. DHJPAR0040016, DHJPAR0045411, DHJPAR0045412, DHJPAR0045413, DHJPAR0048971, DHJPAR0048975, DHJPAR0055366, DHJPAR0055369. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus ramyamanjunathae is named to honor Ms. Ramya Manjunatha for her many years of detailed, dedicated, gatekeeper and analytical role for all of the barcodes and BOLD updates into the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.

Figures

Figure 150. Chelonus ramyamanjunathae, holotype.