Chelonus jessiehillae 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 jessiehillae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 104

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAW4588. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTATATTTGGAATTTGATGTGGGATATTAGGGTTATCTTTAAGATTAATGATTCGTATGGAATTAAGAAGAGTAATAAGTTTATTTTTTAATGATCAATTATATAATAGAATTGTTACTATACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAGTAATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGTTATCTGATATAATTTTTCCACGAATGAATAACATAAGTTTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCAATTATTTTATTAATTATAGGAGGATTTGTAAATATAGGGGCAGGTACTGGGTGGACAGTTTATCCACCATTATCTTTATTAATAGGTCATAGAGGGGTATCTGTTGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATATCATCAATTATAGGTTCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTGTTAATACATGATTATTAATTAATTATATAGATAAATATCCTTTATTTGTATGGTCAGTGTTTATTACTACAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCGGTTTTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGAGGGGATCCAGTTTTATACCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater, 10.849, -85.328, 980 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/viii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 31/viii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen349 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Mikania banisteriae ( Asteraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-4459, DHJPAR0042088.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Chelonus jessiehillae is named to honor Mrs. Jesse Hill for her decades of support for ACG in general and specifically the Parataxonomist Program conducting the field aspects of the bioinventory of all of ACG.

Figures

Figure 104. Chelonus jessiehillae, holotype.