Hymenochaonia kateperezae 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 kateperezae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 286

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA7061. Consensus barcode. GGTTTTATATTTTATATTTGGGTTATGGGCGGGTATAATTGGKATATCAATAAGATTAGTTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTCAATCAGGGGTATTAATTGGTAATGAYCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTAACTGCCCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAAGGGTTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGGATAAATAATATGAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATTAATTTATTAGTTTTTAGGGGATTTATAAATATTGGGGTAGGTACTGGGTGAACTGTTTATCCCCCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGACATATAGGTATTTCTGTGGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTGTAAATTTTATTGTAACTATTATAAATATACGAAATAATAAAGTATTTATAGATAAAATTAGATTATTATGTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGYAATTTTATTATTATTGTCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCYGGGGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGACCCAGCAGGTGGAGGGGATCCTGTTTTATACCAGCATTTATTT. The long vein 2-SR+M of forewing (ca. as long as vein m-cu), ovipositor sheath ca. 1.2 × as long as body and simple tarsal claws are shared with the H. texana (Muesebeck, 1932) from USA and Mexico. However, the new species has vein 1Cua distinctly wider than vein 2-Cu1 (similar in H. texana ), POL ca. equal to diameter of posterior ocellus (ca. 2 × diameter of posterior ocellus in H. texana ), vertex laterally pale yellowish (dark brown in H. texana ) and vein cu-a of forewing inclivous (vertical in H. texana ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.86472, -85.41531, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 23/vii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 15/viii/2011. Depository: CNC.

Host data. elachBioLep01 BioLep754 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Tapirira brenesii ( Anacardiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-2902, DHJPAR0045062.

Paratypes.

Host = Stenoma BioLep86: DHJPAR0035531, DHJPAR0035533. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia kateperezae is named to honor Ms. Kate Perez for her many years laboring in execution and administration of the field and laboratory actions performed by the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics to rapidly and accurately DNA barcode tens of thousands of Costa Rican insects from Malaise traps installed by ACG and BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 286. Hymenochaonia kateperezae, holotype.