Stantonia quentinwheeleri 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

Stantonia quentinwheeleri Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 355

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAD5731. Consensus barcode. AATCTTATATTTAAAATTTGGAATTTGGGCTGGGATTTTAGGTATGTCATTAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGAACTCCAGGGAGATTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTGTAGTAACTTCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTATAATATTGGGGTGTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATAATATTAATTTTTAGAGGTATTTTAAATATTGGTGTTGGGACAGGGTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATATTGGTCATGGTGGAATTTCAGTTGATATATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGTATTTCTTCCATTATAGGAGCCGTAAATTTTATTACAACAGTTTTAAATATACGAATTAAAATAATTTTAATGGATAAAATTTCTTTATTAATTTGATCAGTTTTTATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATCCGTCTGGAGGTGGGGATCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.86472, -85.41531, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 2/viii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 23/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Syllepis marialis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Allophylus psilospermus ( Sapindaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-3032, DHJPAR0045054.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Syllepis hortalis and Syllepis marialis . DHJPAR0029430, DHJPAR0029431, DHJPAR0029432, DHJPAR0029433, DHJPAR0036719, DHJPAR0029434. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Stantonia quentinwheeleri is named in honor of Quentin Wheeler attending the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing his wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Figures

Figure 355. Stantonia quentinwheeleri, holotype.