Chelonus luciariosae 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 luciariosae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 122

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACM2853. Consensus barcode. TACTTTATATTTAATTTTTGGTATATGATCAGGTATATTTGGTTTATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTTTAGAATTAAGTGGATTAATAAGATTTTTTAATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATAATTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATAGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCAATAATATTGGGTTTAATAGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGATTAAATAATTTAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATATTATTAGTTATAAGTAGATTTGTAAATAGTGGTTCTGGTACAGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTCATTAATAGGTCATGGGGGGGTATCAGTAGATATAACTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTGTGTCTTCAATTTTAAGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTTTAAATAGTTGAATAAATGTAAAGTATATAGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTATTTGATCTGTTTTTCTTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATTCTTCAGGAGGAGGTGATCCTATTTTGTATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Jardin Estrada, 10.865, -85.397, 722 meters, caterpillar collection date: 30/xii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 24/i/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. chryBioLep01 BioLep174 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Mansoa hymenaea ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-7596, DHJPAR0054557.

Paratypes.

Host = chryBioLep01: BioLep174, DHJPAR0054549, DHJPAR0054550, DHJPAR0054552, DHJPAR0054555, DHJPAR0054559, DHJPAR0054561, DHJPAR0054563, DHJPAR0054567, DHJPAR0054782. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus luciariosae is named to honor Sra. Lucia Rios of GDFCF and ACG for her many years as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist for ACG.

Figures

Figure 122. Chelonus luciariosae, holotype.