Chelonus johanvalerioi 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 johanvalerioi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 109

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAF2611. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATATTTGGAATTTGGKSCGGCATATTAGGYTTATCATTAAGATTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGTGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAATTGTATAATAGAATTGTAACAATACATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCAGTGATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGGTTGGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTTATCAGATATAATTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTACTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATGGGTGGTTTTGTAAATATAGGGGCAGGTACAGGTTGGACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCTCTATTAAGAAGACATAGAGGAATTTCGGTGGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCAGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGGTCTATTAATTTTATTATTACTATTATTAATACATGGATAGTGTTAAGTAACATAGATAAATATTCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTTTTTATTACAACAATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTGCCTGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATYACTATATTATTAAGTGACCGAAATTTAAATACTAGTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGGGGTGAYCCAGTGTTGTACCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.865, -85.415, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 19/viii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 13/ix/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Ceratocilia Janzen02 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Cosmibuena grandiflora ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-4589, DHJPAR0042090.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Ceratocilia Janzen02, Phostria latiapicalis , Pilocrocis purpurascens (all Crambidae ). DHJPAR0029142, DHJPAR0036388, DHJPAR0036728, DHJPAR0039119, DHJPAR0042087, DHJPAR0042092, DHJPAR0048106, DHJPAR0052096, DHJPAR0055381, DHJPAR0055397, DHJPAR0055398, DHJPAR0055951, DHJPAR0056967, DHJPAR0057408, DHJPAR0057409. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus johanvalerioi is named to honor Sr. Johan Valerio of ICE for his many years of mentorship of DHJ for the ACG-ICE-GDFCF project to biomonitor PL12 in Pailas II and the new ICE road crossing Sector Mundo Nuevo of ACG.

Figures

Figure 109. Chelonus johanvalerioi, holotype.