Chelonus jimwhitfieldi 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 jimwhitfieldi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 108

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACC1273. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATATTTGGAATATGATGTGGGATTTTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGATTGATGATTCGGATAGAGTTAAGAAGTGTAATGAGTTTATTTTCTAATGATCAATTATATAATAGGATTGTCACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGCGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGATTATCAGATATGATTTTTCCTCGGATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTGGTTCCTTCAATTATATTATTAATTATAAGAGGATTTGTGAATATGGGAGCAGGGACTGGGTGGACTGTGTATCCTCCTTTGTCGTTGTTGATAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTGGCAGGAGTTTCTTCAATTATAGGCTCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTGTTAGTACTTGAATAAGTTTAAAATATATAGATAAATATTCGTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTGTTTATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTGTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGGGGAGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.016, -85.381, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 22/viii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 13/ix/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Prenesta scyllalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Forsteronia spicata ( Apocynaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-72051, DHJPAR0050070.

Paratype.

Host = Prenesta scyllalisDHJ01: DHJPAR0050073. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus jimwhitfieldi is named to honor Dr. Jim Whitfield of the University of Illinois for his decades of mentorship to DHJ about Braconidae taxonomy and stimulus for their collection and rearing from ACG, while carrying out many braconid taxonomic projects for ACG specimens.

Figures

Figure 108. Chelonus jimwhitfieldi, holotype.