Chelonus pamelacastilloae 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 pamelacastilloae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 145

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAK1568. Consensus barcode. GATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGATCGGGAATTTTAGGTTTATCTTTGAGAATATTAATTCGTATAGAGTTAAGATTAAGAGGAAGTTTGTTAATAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGAGTTCCAGATATAGCATTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATATTGGTTATTAATTCCGTCTTTATTTATATTAATTATAAGAAGATTTGTTAATGTAGGTGTAGGTACGGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCACCATTATCTTTATTAATTGGTCATGGTGGAGTTTCTGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGATATCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTGGGGCAAATAGATGAATAAAGAATAAATTTATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTATGGTCAGTATTGATTACTGCGTTATTATTACTATTATCTTTGCCAGTATTGGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGTGGTGGGGATCCAGTATTATATCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Venado, 10.897, -85.27, 420 meters, caterpillar collection date: 29/vii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 26/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha BioLep91 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Tachigali costaricensis ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-43517, DHJPAR0045401.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus pamelacastilloae is named for Sra. Pamela Castillo, Costa Rica’s Vice-Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE) and for her welcoming response to BioAlfa for Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 145. Chelonus pamelacastilloae, holotype.