Chelonus kateperezae 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 kateperezae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 121

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACR8387. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATGTTTGGTATATGATCAGGTATATTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGATTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAGGAACTTTAAAAACTTTATTGTTTAATGATCAATTATATAATAGATTAGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATGCCAGTAATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTTATCAGATATATTATTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAGTGCCATCAATGATTTTATTATTAATAAGTGGTTTTGTAAATGTTGGAGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGTCATAGGGGTGTATCGGTTGATATATCGATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGATATCATCAATTATGGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTGTTATAAATACTTGATTAAAATATAATTTTATAGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTGTATATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTGTCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTGTTAAGGGAT---------------------------------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.8438, -85.6138, 300 meters, 04-11/vi/2012, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG17967-C10.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus kateperezae is named to honor Ms. Kate Perez for her many years laboring in execution and administration of the field and laboratory actions performed by the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics to rapidly and accurately DNA barcode tens of thousands of Costa Rican insects from Malaise traps installed by ACG and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 121. Chelonus kateperezae, holotype.