Chelonus rebeccakittelae 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 rebeccakittelae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 152

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACB1121. Consensus barcode. GTGGAGTTTTGGGATTATCTTTAAGGATATTAATTCGTATGGAGTTAAGAATATCTGGAAGGTTATTGTTGAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGAATCGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTGTAATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTTGCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTAATAAGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGAGTAGGAACTGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGACATGGAGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGGGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATAAATATATGAGTAATTAAAAGATTTATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACTGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTGGCTGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGGGGGGA-------------------------.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estación Los Almendros, 11.032, -85.528, 290 meters, caterpillar collection date: 20/ii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 10/v/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha Janzen224 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Microdesmia arborea ( Chrysobalanaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-20443, DHJPAR0048982.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus rebeccakittelae is named for Dr. Rebecca Kittel, visiting the Smithsonian Institution and contributing her efforts to identify Cheloninae braconids reared from the ACG biodiversity inventory in the 2019's and before.

Figures

Figure 152. Chelonus rebeccakittelae, holotype.