Chelonus ruthfrancoae 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/659469DE-E73C-4C4E-BA35-11FD39BDE3B7

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Chelonus ruthfrancoae Sharkey
status

sp. nov.

Chelonus ruthfrancoae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 160 View Figure 160

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW4589. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTATTTTTGGRATATGGTGTGGRGTTTTAGGRTTATCTTTAAGTGTATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATAACTGGAAGGTTATTTATAAATGATCAGTTATATAATAGGATTGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTGTAATGATTGGKGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCCTTAATGTTAGGATTACCTGACATAGCATTTCCTCGTATGAATAATATAAGTTATTGATTAYTAATTCCTTCATTATTTATATTATTAATAAGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGAGTTGGGACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCATTATTAATTGGYCATGGRGGTATTTCAGTAGATATATCAATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCYGGGGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATGAATATATGAATAATTAAGAGATTTATGGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTGTTAATTACTGCATTTTTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCWGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGTGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCCTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 10.93, -85.372, 527 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/i/2013, wasp eclosion date: 27/i/2013. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Antaeotricha similisEPR02 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Inga oerstediana ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-5796, DHJPAR0051094.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Antaeotricha BioLep46, Antaeotricha Janzen13, Antaeotricha Janzen290, Antaeotricha Janzen31, Antaeotricha similisEPR02, Antaeotricha similisEPR03, Cerconota Janzen82 ( Depressariidae ), Stenoma Janzen09 ( Depressariidae ). DHJPAR0042089, DHJPAR0042091, DHJPAR0050136, DHJPAR0051344, DHJPAR0055363, DHJPAR0055399, DHJPAR0056353, DHJPAR0056354, DHJPAR0056950, DHJPAR0056962.DHJPAR0056965. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus ruthfrancoae is named to honor Srta. Ruth Franco of GDFCF and ACG for her many years as a dedicated inventory parataxonomist for ACG.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus