Chelonus michellevanderbankae 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 michellevanderbankae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 135

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAT8838. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGATCAGGTATATTAGGATTATCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGTATGGAATTGAGAATAACTGGAAGATTATTAATAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGTATTGTTACATTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTYACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCWCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCGTCAATTTTTTTATTGATTTTAGGTGGATTTGTTAATATAGGAGCTGGGACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTTATTAATTGGTCATAGTGGAGCTTCAGTGGATATATCAATTTTTTCATTACATTTGGCTGGAATATCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACAGTAATTAATACATGAATAGATATAAAATTAATAGATAAATTTTCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTGTTGTCTTTGCCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCTGGTGGGGGGGATCCTGTTTTATATCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10.988, -85.42, 680 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/ii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 08/iii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Anacrusis nephrodes ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Zygia palmana ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-30487, DHJPAR0038977.

Paratypes.

Host = Anacrusis nephrodes : DHJPAR0029134, DHJPAR0029135, DHJPAR0039447, DHJPAR0040018, DHJPAR0040021, DHJPAR0040406, DHJPAR0047069, DHJPAR0049118, DHJPAR0050964, DHJPAR0055415. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus michellevanderbankae is named for Dr. Michelle Van Der Bank of South Africa in recognition of her broad efforts to introduce DNA barcoding into the process of understanding South African biodiversity for its conservation.

Figures

Figure 135. Chelonus michellevanderbankae, holotype.