Chelonus sureshnaiki 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 sureshnaiki Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 168

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW3556. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGAAGAGGTATACTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGATTTAGGGGAAGTTTATTTCAAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAGTAGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTGATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTATACCTGATATAATATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTGTTAATATTAATTTTTGGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGTGTAGGTACTGGATGAACATTATATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATGAGACATGGAGGAATGTCAGTAGATATTTCAATTTTTTCGTTACATTTAGCTGGTATATCTTCAATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTATAATAGTATGAATTGAAAAAATATATATAGATAAATTTTCTTTATTTTTATGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTGGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCCGCTGGGGGCGGGGATCCAGTATTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.016, -85.381, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/ix/2014, wasp eclosion date: 27/ix/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Microsca hedialis ( Thyrididae ) feeding on Alchornea latifolia ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-71641, DHJPAR0056350.

Paratype.

Host = Rhodoneura terminalis ( Thyrididae ): DHJPAR0029162. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus sureshnaiki is named to honor Dr. Suresh Naik for his sterling role in the sequencing and information management roles of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics of the University of Guelph.

Figures

Figure 168. Chelonus sureshnaiki, holotype.