Chelonus jimlewisi 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 jimlewisi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 106

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAF2610. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGCATATTAGGATTATCTTTAAGTTTAATAATTCGTATAGAACTAAGTAGGGTTATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGGATTGTAACTATACATGCATTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATAATTGGTGGATTTGGRAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGCTTATCTGATATAATTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGATTATTATTACCTTCAATTTTTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGATTTGTTAATATGGGGGCAGGAACTGGTTGAACRGTTTATCCACCATTATCTCTAATAATGGGACATAGGGGAATTTCTGTAGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGCATATCTTCAATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTATTAATACTTGATTGATTTATAATTATATGGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTRTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.962, -85.28, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/x/2012, wasp eclosion date: 01/xi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Neoleucinodes Janzen02 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Heliconia irrasa ( Heliconiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-68630, DHJPAR0051336.

Other material.

Several specimens that were not examined but that are in BOLD (e.g., DHJPAR0054551) and in the Janzen and Hallwachs database are recorded from Neoleucinodes alegralis ( Crambidae ). Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus jimlewisi is named to honor Dr. Jim Lewis for his years of dedicated taxonomic and curational support, especially with Hemiptera , of the INBio collection now deposited in the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 106. Chelonus jimlewisi, holotype.