Neocardiochiles kidonoi (Dabek & Whitfield, 2020) Kang & Whitfield & Owens & Chen, 2022

Kang, Ilgoo, Whitfield, James B., Owens, Brittany E. & Chen, Junyan, 2022, Resurrection of Neocardiochiles Szepligeti, 1908 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with descriptions of five new species from the Neotropical region, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91, pp. 41-68 : 41

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.91.84937
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:410351D0-DE45-4C43-A31E-35DC8DB55B62
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D0759F8-A744-57D7-B03D-F4EA55C90650
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scientific name	Neocardiochiles kidonoi (Dabek & Whitfield, 2020)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

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 ) GoogleMaps .

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).