Chelonus mingfangi 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 mingfangi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 136

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADA5459. Consensus barcode. ATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGGTCAGGAATATTAGGATTATCTTTAAGAATATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGGTTTTCTGGAAGGTTATTTTTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGGATTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTGATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATATTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTAATATTAATAATAAGTGGATTTATTAATATAGGAGTAGGTACTGGATGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTATTAATAGGTCATGGAGGTATTTCTGTGGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTATTACTATTATTAATACTTGAATAGATATTAAATTTATAGATAAGTTTCCTTTATTTGTTATGTCAGTTTTTATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTAGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAAT------------------------------------.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo, 10.8801, -85.389, 575 meters, 24-31/iii/2014, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG28344-E03.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus mingfangi is named for Mr. Ming Fang of Japan and Hawaii for his magnanimous collaboration with Mrs. Jessie Hill in supporting the growth and survival of the ACG parataxonomist program and its operations.

Figures

Figure 136. Chelonus mingfangi, holotype.