Chelonus motohasegawai 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 motohasegawai Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 140

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW3555. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGTATATTAGGTTTATCATTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGATTAAGTGGTAGTTTATTTATAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGTGTAGTTACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAGTTCCTTCTTTATTTTTAATATTATTAAGTAGAATAGTTAATATAGGTGTAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCATTAGTTGGTCATGGAGGAATTGCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATAGCTGGGGCATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATTCTTGAATTGAAACTAAATTTATCGATAAATTTCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTATTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTGTTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCAATTACAATGTTATTAAGAGATCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCAGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 10.927, -85.468, 1150 meters, caterpillar collection date: 07/i/2011, wasp eclosion date: 04/ii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Anacrusis ellensatterleeae ( Tortricidae ) feeding on Rondeletia costaricensis ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-35011, DHJPAR0042920.

Paratype.

Host = Ardeutica Brown002 ( Tortricidae ): DHJPAR0030992. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus motohasegawai is named for Dr. Motohiro Hasegawa of JICA, Japan in recognition of his many years of facilitating and causing the integration of Costa Rican SINAC activities with ICE activities through his outstanding example for the Pailas II Geothermal Development Project beginning in 2013.

Figures

Figure 140. Chelonus motohasegawai, holotype.