Chelonus paulhansoni 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 paulhansoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 147

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACB1254. Consensus barcode. TGTATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGATGTGGGGTTTTGGGTTTGTCTATAAGGGTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAATATCTGGAAGATTATTGTTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTGACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATGATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATATTGATTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTTTTGTTATTAATAAGTGGATTTATTAATGTGGGGGTAGGTACTGGGTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTTATTAATTGGACATGGAGGAATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGGGTTTCATCAATTATAGGTGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATAAATATATGATTAAAAATAAAATTTATAGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTTTTGATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTGGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGTGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Quebrada Bambu, 10.93, -85.252, 109 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/x/2012, wasp eclosion date: 14/xi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen204 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Miconia xalapensis ( Melastomataceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-77452, DHJPAR0051343.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha Janzen204. DHJPAR0048978, DHJPAR0049326, DHJPAR0061491. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus paulhansoni is named for Dr. Paul Hanson of the Universidad de Costa Rica in recognition of his decades of cheerful entomological and taxonomic interaction with the taxonomists and biodiversity of ACG and INBio.

Figures

Figure 147. Chelonus paulhansoni, holotype.