Chelonus ruthfrancoae 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 ruthfrancoae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 160

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW4589. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGRATATGGTGTGGRGTTTTAGGRTTATCTTTAAGTGTATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATAACTGGAAGGTTATTTATAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGGATTGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTAATGATTGGKGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCCTTAATGTTAGGATTACCTGACATAGCATTTCCTCGTATGAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTAYTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTAATAAGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGAGTTGGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGYCATGGRGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCYGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATGAATATATGAATAATTAAGAGATTTATGGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTGTTAATTACTGCATTTTTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCWGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCCTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/i/2013, wasp eclosion date: 27/i/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha similisEPR02 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Inga oerstediana ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-5796, DHJPAR0051094.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha BioLep46, Antaeotricha Janzen13, Antaeotricha Janzen290, Antaeotricha Janzen31, Antaeotricha similisEPR02, Antaeotricha similisEPR03, Cerconota Janzen82 ( Depressariidae ), Stenoma Janzen09 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0042089, DHJPAR0042091, DHJPAR0050136, DHJPAR0051344, DHJPAR0055363, DHJPAR0055399, DHJPAR0056353, DHJPAR0056354, DHJPAR0056950, DHJPAR0056962.DHJPAR0056965. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus ruthfrancoae is named to honor Srta. Ruth Franco of GDFCF and ACG for her many years as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist for ACG.

Figures

Figure 160. Chelonus ruthfrancoae, holotype.