Neocardiochiles kidonoi (Dabek & Whitfield, 2020) comb. nov.

Material examined.

Non-type specimen Costa Rica • ♀; Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Quebrada Pitahaya; 11.01182, -85.53168; 320 m; 11.ix.2013 (host caterpillar collection date); 14.ix.2013 (host caterpillar pre-pupal date); 02.x.2013 (parasitoid eclosion date); Roster Moraga; DHJPAR0053597; host caterpillar (13-SRNP-22162; Stenoma cathosiota) on host plant ( Roupala montana) .

Diagnosis.

Neocardiochiles kidonoi is most similar to N. victoriae sp. nov., but members of N. kidodoi can be distinguished from other Neocardiochiles members by possession of the following characters: mesoscutum entirely pale; hind femur bicolored; hind tibia mostly pale.

Description.

See Dabek et al. (2020).

Male.

Body length slightly shorter than female (Dabek et al. 2020).

Host.

Reared from larvae of Stenoma cathosiota ( Depressariidae) on Roupala montana ( Proteaceae) (Dabek et al. 2020).

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).