Chelonus sujeevanratnasinghami 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 sujeevanratnasinghami Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 167

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABW9828. Consensus barcode. TGTATTATATTTTATTTTTGGGATATGGTCTGGTATATTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTATATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAGTATATCCTGGTAGATTATTAATAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGATTAGTTACTATACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTGATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATGTTAGGATTACCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATAATATTAATTTTAAGAATATTAGTTAATATGGGGGTAGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCATTAATAGGTCATAGGGGAGTAAGTGTAGACATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCTGGGATATCATCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATAGTAACTGTGTTAAATAGATGGATACATTATAGTTATATAGATGTAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTTTTATTACGGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCCGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTACATTTTTTGATCCTACGGGAGGGGGAGACCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Brasilia, Gallinazo, 11.018, -85.372, 360 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/i/2012, wasp eclosion date: 24/i/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Rhobonda gaurisanaDHJ04 ( Choreutidae ) feeding on Ficus donnell-smithii ( Moraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-65012, DHJPAR0046942.

Paratypes.

Host = Rhobonda gaurisanaDHJ04: DHJPAR0046943, DHJPAR0046944, DHJPAR0046945, DHJPAR0046946, DHJPAR0047222, DHJPAR0047223, DHJPAR0047229, DHJPAR0047230. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus sujeevanratnasinghami is named to honor Dr. Sujeevan Ratnasingham of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph for designing and executing the intellectual and logistic guts of BOLD at the CBG, without which CBG would have no purpose.

Figures

Figure 167. Chelonus sujeevanratnasinghami, holotype.