Chelonus melaniamunozae 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 melaniamunozae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 133

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1107. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATACTTTATTTTTGGAATATGATCAGGTATATTAGGTTTATCTTTAAGTATAATAATTCGTTTAGAATTAGCTTTTACTGGAAGTTTATTTATTAATGATCAATTATATAATTTATTAGTAACTTTACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCATTAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTTACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATGAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTATTAATTCCTTCAATTTTTTTATTAATTATAAGAAATTTTGTTAATATAGGAGTAGGTACTGGATGAACAGTATATCCTCCATTATCTTCTTTAATAGGTCATAGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCAGGAATATCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTGTAACTGTAATTAATWCTTGAATAAAAAATTTATATATAGATAAATTATCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTTTTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATATAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATTCATCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10.988, -85.42, 680 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/iii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 25/iii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen758 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Coccoloba porphyrostachys ( Polygonaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-30674, DHJPAR0039043.

Paratypes.

Hosts = gelJanzen01 Janzen758. DHJPAR0039052, DHJPAR0039064, DHJPAR0039065. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus melaniamunozae is named to honor Sra. Melania Muñoz of CONAGEBIO for her collaboration and support with the entire biodiversity permitting needs for BioAlfa and other ACG Biodiversity inventory.

Figures

Figure 133. Chelonus melaniamunozae, holotype.