Chelonus torbjornekremi 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 torbjornekremi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 169

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACZ0402. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGAAGTGGAGTTATAGGTTTGTCTTTAAGTATAATAATTCGTATAGAATTGAGAAGTGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTTTAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCATTGATGTTAGGATTGTCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGGGGATTTGTAAATATAGGGTCTGGAACAGGGTGAACAATTTATCCTCCATTATCACTATTAATAGGCCATAGGGGAGTTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACACTTAGCAGGTATATCATCTATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTATAAATACTTGATTACACATTAAATATATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTATTTATTACAGTTATTTTATTATTAATATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGAGGGGGAGATCCGGTATTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Cafecito, 10.94404, -85.31738, 455 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/x/2014, wasp eclosion date: 26/x/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. pyrausJanzen01 Janzen26 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Baccharis trinervis ( Asteraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-81300, DHJPAR0056964.

Paratypes.

Hosts = pyrausJanzen01 Janzen26, Aponia Janzen469 ( Crambidae ). DHJPAR0045404, DHJPAR0060594, DHJPAR0061493. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus torbjornekremi is named to honor Dr. Torbjorn Ekrem of the NTNU University of Museum in Norway for his eager and high quality administrative and science participation in the iBOL international meetings in South Africa and in Trondheim, Norway, and especially in support of BioAlfa and the ACG-ICE project to biomonitor the Pailas II geothermal site.

Figures

Figure 169. Chelonus torbjornekremi, holotype.