Stantonia ruthtifferae 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

Stantonia ruthtifferae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 357

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAB3996. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTAAATTTGGTATTTGATCTGGTATTATAGGAATATCTTTAAGATTAATTGTACGAATAGAGTTAGGTATACCTGGTAGTTTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGGGTAGTAACTGCTCATGCATTTGTAATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCCTTAATATTAGGGTGTCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTGATTTTTAGAAATGTTTTAAATATTGGGGTTGGGACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTATTAATTGGTCATGGTGGTTTATCAGTTGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTGTTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTAAATATACGTGTTGATAWAATTTATATAGATAAAATTTCTTTGTTATCTTGATCTATTTTTATTACTGCTATTTTGTTACTATTGTCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATATAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCATCTGGTGGTGGAGATCCTA.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Estación Llanura, 10.93332, -85.25331, 135 meters, caterpillar collection date: 09/x/2009, wasp eclosion date: 23/x/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Microthyris prolongalisDHJ03 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Ipomoea philomega ( Convolvulaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-76086, DHJPAR0037144.

Paratype.

Host = Stenoma luctificaDHJ02 ( Depressariidae ): DHJPAR0049372. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Stantonia ruthtifferae is named in honor of Ruth Tiffer attending the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing her wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Figures

Figure 357. Stantonia ruthtifferae, holotype.