Chelonus markshawi 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 markshawi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 129

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACL6642. Consensus barcode. GATACTTTATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGATCAGGAATATTAGGTTTATCTTTGAGAATAATTATTCGTTTAGAGTTAATTTATGTTGGGAGATTTTTAACAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAATATTGTAACTATACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCAGTAATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTGGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTATCAGATATATCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTTTAATAATGTTAATAAGGGGGTTTGTAAATATGGGTGCAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTGTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAGTATGGGTCATAGTGGTATTTCTGTAGATATAGTAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGATATCTTCTATTATGGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTGTAATGAATACTTGAATAAATGTAAAATTAATAGATAAATTTCCTCTATTTATTTGATCTGTTTATATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTGTTATCATTGCCTGTGTTGGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTCATCTGGTGGTGGAGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Quebrada Escondida, 10.899, -85.275, 420 meters, caterpillar collection date: 01/vii/2013, wasp eclosion date: 04/ix/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Stenoma Janzen142 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Calyptrogyne trichostachys ( Arecaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-42923, DHJPAR0053672.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus markshawi is named to honor Dr. Mark Shaw of National Museums Scotland for his many decades of exploring the natural history and taxonomy of European parasitic Hymenoptera .

Figures

Figure 129. Chelonus markshawi, holotype.