Chelonus alejandrozaldivari 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 alejandrozaldivari Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 92

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACO0288. Consensus barcode. TACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGATCTGGAATATTTGGTTTATCTTTAAGTTTACTTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGGATAGGAGGTAGATTATTATTAAATGATCAATTATATAATAGTTTAGTAACATTRCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTGTTATAATTGGAGGYTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATTACCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAACTTTATTAATTTTAAGGGGATTTATTAATATAGGGGTAGGTACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGTCATGGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTATCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGCGCAATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATACTTGAATATTAAGTAAATATTTAGATAAGTTTCCTTTATTTTCATGATCTGTTTTTATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTRCCAGTATTAGCYGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAAGAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGTGGAGGRGAYCCTGTTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Pailas Dos, PL12-3, 10.7631, -85.3344, 820 meters, 05-18/xii/2014, Malaise trap PL12-3A. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG44692-B02.

Paratypes.

BIOUG43804-H09, BIOUG44551-E11. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus alejandrozaldivari is named to honor Dr. Alejandro Zaldivar-Riveron for his research in braconid phylogeny and taxonomy.

Figures

Figure 92. Chelonus alejandrozaldivari, holotype.