Chelonus jennyphillipsae 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 jennyphillipsae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 102

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACL6996. Consensus barcode. AATGTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATTTGGAGTGGGATAATAGGTTTATCTTTGAGTGTAATAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGAAGTGTAATAAGATTATTTTATAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTTTAATAATTGGGGGATTTGGGAATTGGTTAATCCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTACTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGATTTGTTAATATGGGGGCTGGTACGGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATAGGTCATAGTGGAGTTTCAGTAGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCAGGGGCTTCATCTATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTGACTATTATAAATACTTGATTGCATTTTAAATATATAGATAAATATCCATTATTTGTTTGATCAGTATTTATTACAACTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCATCAGGGGGAGGGGATCCAGTATTATACCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Malaguenya, 10.956, -85.284, 221 meters, caterpillar collection date: 14/x/2013, wasp eclosion date: 30/x/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Eulepte Janzen12 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Vitex cooperi ( Lamiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-79751, DHJPAR0053682.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus jennyphillipsae is named to honor Dr. Jenny Phillips of BioAlfa for her decades of enthusiastic taxonomic and administrative support of INBio, parataxonomists, and all matters biodiversity of Costa Rica coupled with intensely developing BioAlfa of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 102. Chelonus jennyphillipsae, holotype.