Chelonus luzmariaromeroae 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 luzmariaromeroae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 123

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1444. Consensus barcode. GACATTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCAGGGTTTTTTGGTTTATCATTAAGAATATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAAGTTCTTTAGGTAGATTATTAATAAATGATCAATTGTATAATAGAATTGTAACTATGCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGGATAGTTCCTTTAATGTTAGGTATATGTGATATAATATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGATATTAATACCTTCTTTAATAATATTAATTTTAGGAAGGTTAGTAAATATGGGTGTTGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTATTAATAGGACATGGGGGGATYTCTTTAGATTTATCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGTTCTATTAATTTTATTGTAACTATTTTAAATACTTGRATAGAAAAAAAATTTTTGGATATATTTCCTTTATTTATTTGATCAGTATTTATTACAACAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTAGCTGGCGCAATTACTATACTTTTAAGTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGAGGGGATCCTGTATTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♂.

Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.865, -85.415, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 12/viii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 28/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Dichomeris Janzen703 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Koanophyllon hylonoma ( Asteraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-3178, DHJPAR0048167.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Dichomeris Janzen703, Dichrorampha Janzen322. DHJPAR0037974, DHJPAR0037975. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Chelonus luzmariaromeroae is named to honor Sra. Luz Maria Romero for her decades of conducting and developing the ACG Biological Education Program, followed by more than a decade of mentoring the parataxonomists as to how to better manage and polish their field databases and their Species Pages on the ACG web site.

Figures

Figure 123. Chelonus luzmariaromeroae, holotype.