Hymenochaonia katyvandusenae Sharkey & van Achterberg, 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

Hymenochaonia katyvandusenae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 289

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAL5547. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATATGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTGTCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTGGAATTAGGTCAATCAGGTACATTAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGGTTTGTTACTTCACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTCATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGGAATTGATTAATCCCTTTAATATTAGGAAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATAATGTTAATTTTAAGAGGATTTGTAAATATTGGGGTGGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGACATATAGGAATTTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTGTAACAATTATAAATATACGAAATTATGGAGTAATAATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTAAGTTGATCAATTTTAATCACTACTATTTTGTTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTGGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACGTCTTTTTTTGACCCTTCAGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. An easily recognizable species because of the unique oval shape of vein cu-a of forewing; in addition, the vein is shorter than normal (subequal to length of vein 1Cua), the first metasomal tergite is very slender and the face is bicolored.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater, 10.84886, -85.3281, 980 meters, caterpillar collection date: 1/iii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 29/iii/2010. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Pilocrocis purpurascens ( Crambidae ) feeding on Pentagonia donnell-smithii ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-1080, DHJPAR0038863.

Paratypes.

Host = Pilocrocis purpurascens ( Crambidae ): DHJPAR0036780, DHJPAR0037835, DHJPAR0039536, DHJPAR0040227, DHJPAR0041215, DHJPAR0042732, DHJPAR0052091, DHJPAR0052092, DHJPAR0052093, DHJPAR0057264, DHJPAR0057303. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia katyvandusenae is named to honor Mrs. Katy Van Dusen of Monteverde and Cuajiniquil for her decades of support of ACG activities with birds and marine projects, and chief collaborator with Frank Joyce.

Figures

Figure 289. Hymenochaonia katyvandusenae, holotype.