A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment
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Meierotto, Sarah
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Sharkey, Michael J.
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Janzen, Daniel H.
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Hallwachs, Winnie
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Hebert, Paul D. N.
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Chapman, Eric G.
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Smith, M. Alex
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Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2019
66
2
119
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.34683
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.34683
1860-1324-2-119
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Zelomorpha danjohnsoni Meierotto
sp. nov.
Figure 5
Molecular diagnosis.
Nucleotides: 98 G, 111 G, 264 C, 310 G, 375 A, 452 T, 495 A, 507 G, 513 G, 648 G
Biology.
The host of the holotype and one additional specimen lacking COI data were collected in June. Both were reared from
Diastema morata
(
Noctuidae
) on feeding on
Lantana camara
(
Verbenaceae
).
Figure 5. Lateral image of
Zelomorpha danjohnsoni
holotype female.
Type material.
Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0009409 (ASBR676-06), Costa Rica,
Area
de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Quebrada Otilio, GPS:
10.88996
,
-85.47966
, 550m elevation, Dunia Garcia coll., reared from
Diastema morata
05-SRNP-45510, host collected 7 June 2005, wasp eclosed 14 July 2005, (EMUS).
Etymology.
Zelomorpha danjohnsoni
is named in honor of C. Dan Johnson (RIP) of Arizona State University, in recognition of his taxonomic support for understanding the
Bruchinae
(
Chrysomelidae
) of Costa Rica.