Chelonus nataliaivanovae 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 nataliaivanovae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 141

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAF2632. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATATGGTCAGGTATATTAGGGTTATCTTTAAGATTAATAATTCGAATAGAATTGAGATTAAGGGGAAGATTATTTATAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGRTTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGYTRCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCACTTTTTTTAATAATTTTAAGGAGGTTTATTAATATAGGTGTAGGGACAGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATCTTTAATTGGTCATGGTGGTATTTCAGTTGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGYATATCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTTTAAATACATGAATTAATAATAAATTTATGGATAAATTCCCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTATTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGAGGGGGGGATCCTGTATTGTATCAGCATTTWTTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Bullas, 10.987, -85.385, 440 meters, caterpillar collection date: 28/iv/2011, wasp eclosion date: 13/v/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Antaeotricha Janzen140DHJ03 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Zygia longifolia ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-65195, DHJPAR0042960.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Omiodes humeralis ( Crambidae ), Spilomela pantheralis ( Crambidae ), Antaeotricha BioLep38 ( Depressariidae ), Antaeotricha ianthinaEPR01 ( Depressariidae ), Antaeotricha Janzen140DHJ03 ( Depressariidae ), Antaeotricha Janzen401 ( Depressariidae ), Antaeotricha spurca ( Depressariidae ). Amorbia productana ( Tortricidae ), Amorbia revolutana ( Tortricidae ), Anacrusis nephrodes ( Tortricidae ), Anacrusis turrialbae ( Tortricidae ), Megalota vulgaris ( Tortricidae ), Strepsicrates Brown37 ( Tortricidae ). DHJPAR0029133, DHJPAR0034268, DHJPAR0035316, DHJPAR0035415, DHJPAR0035559, DHJPAR0039111, DHJPAR0040019, DHJPAR0040020, DHJPAR0045406, DHJPAR0049124, DHJPAR0049786, DHJPAR0052897, DHJPAR0053679, DHJPAR0055461, DHJPAR0056713. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus nataliaivanovae is named to honor Dr. Natalia Ivanova for her many years laboring in execution and administration of the laboratory actions performed by the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics to rapidly and accurately DNA barcode tens of thousands of Costa Rican insects.

Figures

Figure 141. Chelonus nataliaivanovae, holotype.