Chelonus ronaldzunigai 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 ronaldzunigai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 157

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAK1016. Consensus barcode. AATACTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGATGTGGAGTTTTAGGATTATCATTAAGTATATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATAACTGGAAGATTATTTATAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGTATTGTGACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATGAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTGATAAGGGGTTTTATTAATATAGGAGTTGGTACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGGCATGGAGGTATTTCAGTGGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCGGGGGCTTCCTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACGATTATAAATATGTGGATAATTAAAAGATTTATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTGGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGG----------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Puente Palma, 10.916, -85.379, 460 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/ix/2009, wasp eclosion date: 07/x/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen134 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Calophyllum brasiliense ( Calophyllaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-4814, DHJPAR0037167.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus ronaldzunigai is named to honor Sr. Ronald Zuñiga for his decades of taxonomic curation and support of the Hymenoptera portion of the INBio and Museo Nacional insect collection, and now the same role for BioAlfa for Costa Rica in general and ACG specifically.

Figures

Figure 157. Chelonus ronaldzunigai, holotype.