Chelonus minorzunigai Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Chelonus minorzunigai Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 22 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:AEB3509; nearest neighbor: Chelonus jeffmilleri BOLD:ACF0845; distance to nearest neighbor is 4.81%. Consensus barcode: AATATTATATTTTGTTTTTGGAATTTGGAGTGGAATAATAGGTTTATCATTAAGATTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGTGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAGTTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTTTAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGGTTTGTTAATATAGGAGCTGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATAGGTCATAGAGGAGTTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGTTTCATCTATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATACTTGATTACATTATAAATATATAGATAAATACCCATTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTTTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTGGCTGGTGCAATTACTATGTTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCTGTATTATACCAACATTTGTTT.

Morphological data.

This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor by having the hind tibia entirely black (Fig. 22 ) whereas that of C. jeffmilleri has a light brownish yellow patch near the base of the hind tibia, which is otherwise black ( Sharkey et al. 2021a: 164, fig. 101).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 1150 m, 10.9269 -85.4682; host caterpillar collection date: 07/iii/2019, parasitoid eclosion: 31/iii/2019; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0064501, GenBank accession: MW627562.

Holotype host data.

19-SRNP-35166 Desmia benealis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Hamelia patens ( Rubiaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:19-SRNP-35166.

Paratype.

Same host data as holotype, DHJPAR0064500, DHJPAR0064502, depository CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus minorzunigai is named in honor of Minor Zúñiga Siles, the BioAlfa Malaise traps manager for Estación Esquinas, Parque Nacional Tortuguero, ACTO ( Área de Conservación Tortuguero), Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 22. Chelonus minorzunigai, holotype.