Chelonus johnburnsi 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 johnburnsi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 110

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACJ4065. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGGGCAGGTATAATAGGTTTATCATTAAGAATAATGATTCGAATGGAATTAAGAAGTGTTATGAGATTATTTTTTAGGGATCAATTATATAATAGATTAGTAACTATACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTGGTGCCATTGATATTGGGTTTATCAGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCTTTATTTTTATTAATTATAGGTGGATTTGTAAATACAGGGGCTGGTACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATGGAGGAGTTTCAGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCATCATCTATTATAGGATCTATAAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATACATGAATAAAATTAAAGTATATAGATAAATTTTCATTATTTATTTGGTCAGTATTAATTACTACTATTTTATTACTTTTGTCATTGCCTGTATTAGCTGGGGCAATTACAATATTGTTAAGAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGGGGGGACCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, 10.962, -85.28, 96 meters, caterpillar collection date: 02/i/2013, wasp eclosion date: 05/ii/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Spilomela pantheralis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Celtis iguanaea ( Ulmaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-67036, DHJPAR0051324.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus johnburnsi is named to honor Dr. John Burns of the Smithsonian Institution for his decades of taxonomic projects and mentorship of DHJ and WH about the Hesperiidae of ACG, as well as happily accepting their DNA barcoding as part of their taxonomic discovery.

Figures

Figure 110. Chelonus johnburnsi, holotype.