Hymenochaonia lizlangleyae 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 lizlangleyae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 297

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7939. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTWTWTTTGGAATATGATCAGGAATAGTAGGTYTATCAATGAGAATAATTATTCGAATGGAATTAGGTCAAGTAGGGGATTTAATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGAAGAGTTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCATCAATTATATTATTAATTTTTAGAGGATTYATAAATATTGGTGTAGGKACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCATTAAATATTAGACATATAGGAGTTTCAGTTGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGGRTTTCTTCAATTATAGGTTCAGTTAATTTTATTATTACTATTATAAATATACGAAATTAYGGAGTATTAATAGAAAAAATTAGRTTATTATGTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGTGATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGTGGRGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. Similar to H. lilianamadrigalae sp. nov. and H. nupera (Cresson, 1872) because of sharing the lack of a brownish patch in the subbasal cell of forewing, tarsal claws with ventral lamella, vein 1Cua of the forewing short and hardly widened, and darkened vertex. Hymenochaonia lizlangleyae differs by having the subbasal cell of forewing largely glabrous (sparsely setose in H. nupera ), mesoscutal lobes yellowish brown (more or less darkened in H. nupera ) and POL approx. 0.8 × diameter of posterior ocellus (approx. 1.6 × diameter of posterior ocellus in H. nupera ).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.84389, -85.61384, 300 meters, caterpillar collection date: 13/vii/2005, wasp eclosion date: 2/viii/2005. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Eulepte Solis15 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Handroanthus ochraceus ( Bignoniaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 05-SRNP-18593, DHJPAR0009306.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Eulepte Solis15, Syllepte aechmisalis ( Crambidae ). DHJPAR0009305, DHJPAR0009309, DHJPAR0009324, DHJPAR0009325, DHJPAR0009326, DHJPAR0009307, DHJPAR0009308, DHJPAR0029409, DHJPAR0028991, DHJPAR0036306, DHJPAR0041541, BIOUG06141-D03. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia lizlangleyae is named to honor science writer Ms. Elizabeth Langley for her accurately popularizing the phenomenon of snake mimicry by ACG caterpillars.

Figures

Figure 297. Hymenochaonia lizlangleyae, holotype.