Chelonus rostermoragai 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 rostermoragai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 159

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACJ3551. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGGTGTGGAGTTTTGGGATTATCATTAAGTATATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATAACYGGAAGATTATTTATAAATGATCAGTTGTATAATAGGATTGTRACTTTACATGCTTTTATCATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATGTTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATGAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTGATAAGAGGATTTATYAATATAGGAGTTGGTACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGACATGGGGGTATTTCGGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCGGGAGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCCATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATAAATATGTGGATAATTAAAAGATTTATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTAATTACTGCATTTTTAYTATTATTATCTTTACCGGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGGGGGGGAGATCCAATTTTGTATCAACATCTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 08/ii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 01/iii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha stigmatiasDHJ01 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Tetrapterys tinifolia ( Malpighiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-616, DHJPAR0051922.

Paratypes.

Host = Antaeotricha stigmatiasDHJ01: DHJPAR0051925, DHJPAR0051926, DHJPAR0053673, DHJPAR0053685, DHJPAR0056000. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus rostermoragai is named to honor Sr. Roster Moraga of GDFCF and ACG for his many years as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist for ACG.

Figures

Figure 159. Chelonus rostermoragai, holotype.