Chelonus stevestroudi 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 stevestroudi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 166

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW3557. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGCATATGATGTGGTATATTCGGATTATCTTTAAGTATATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAGGTACTTTAAAAAGATTATTTATAAATGATCAGTTATATAAYGGRTTAGTTACTATACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCATTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATATCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTGATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTAATTATAAGAAGTTTTGTAAATATGGGGGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACTGTRTATCCACCATTATCTTTATTAATGGGACATAGGGGAGTTTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCGGGRGCTTCATCTATTATAGGTGCAATTAATTTTATTATTACAAGGTTAAATACTTATATAAAATTAAGTTATATAGAAAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCAGTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCGGGGGCTATTACAATATTGTTAAGAGATCGAAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGGAGGGGATCCATTATTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 03/viii/2014, wasp eclosion date: 23/viii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen13 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Inga oerstediana ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-3582, DHJPAR0056351.

Paratypes.

Host = Antaeotricha BioLep46, Antaeotricha Janzen290, Antaeotricha similisEPR01: DHJPAR0020803, DHJPAR0056002, DHJPAR0056004. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus stevestroudi is named to honor Mr. Steve Stroud of Escazu, Costa Rica for his decades of support, both financial and psychological, for all things ACG and the subsequent spin-out of BioAlfa, and its exploration of private ecotourism at Hacienda Baru.

Figures

Figure 166. Chelonus stevestroudi, holotype.