Chelonus sureshnaiki 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CFDCEFBB-5230-4033-9D46-E302F66E9886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/566B6104-153F-429C-80ED-529F05E812EE

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:566B6104-153F-429C-80ED-529F05E812EE

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scientific name

Chelonus sureshnaiki Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus sureshnaiki Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 168 View Figure 168

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW3556. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATATGAAGAGGTATACTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGATTTAGGGGAAGTTTATTTCAAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTAACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAGTAGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTGATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTATACCTGATATAATATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTGTTAATATTAATTTTTGGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGTGTAGGTACTGGATGAACATTATATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATGAGACATGGAGGAATGTCAGTAGATATTTCAATTTTTTCGTTACATTTAGCTGGTATATCTTCAATTATAGGATCAATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTATAATAGTATGAATTGAAAAAATATATATAGATAAATTTTCTTTATTTTTATGATCTATTTTAATTACTACAATTTTATTGTTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTGGCTGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCCGCTGGGGGCGGGGATCCAGTATTGTATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Medrano, 11.016, -85.381, 380 meters, caterpillar collection date: 05/ix/2014, wasp eclosion date: 27/ix/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Microsca hedialis ( Thyrididae ) feeding on Alchornea latifolia ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-71641, DHJPAR0056350.

Paratype.

Host = Rhodoneura terminalis ( Thyrididae ): DHJPAR0029162. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus sureshnaiki is named to honor Dr. Suresh Naik for his sterling role in the sequencing and information management roles of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics of the University of Guelph.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus