Chelonus paulheberti 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 paulheberti Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 148

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAN2554. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGATGTGGTATATTGGGGTTGTCTTTAAGTATATTGATTCGTATAGAGTTAAGAATATCAGGTAGACTTTTATTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTYTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATGGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAACAATATAAGTTAYTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATACTAATAATAAGAGGATTTATTAATACAGGAGTTGGAACCGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGACATGGGGGGATTTCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATGGGGGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATAAATATGTGATTAGTAAAAAGTTTTATGGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTTTTAATTACTGCAGTTTTGTTATTATTATCTCTTCCTGTGTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Quebrada Garcia, 10.861, -85.426, 495 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/ii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 22/iii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. elachBioLep01 BioLep754 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Tapirira brenesii ( Anacardiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-869, DHJPAR0042850.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha Janzen233 ( Depressariidae ), elachBioLep01 BioLep754 ( Depressariidae ), elachBioLep01 BioLep55 ( Depressariidae ), Stenoma BioLep86 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0039503, DHJPAR0042854, DHJPAR0042861, DHJPAR0042863, DHJPAR0048105, DHJPAR0048972. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus paulheberti is named for Dr. Paul Hebert founder and major motor of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph, Canada, and his invention of the DNA barcoding concept for identification of all species anywhere anytime by anyone.

Figures

Figure 148. Chelonus paulheberti, holotype.