Hymenochaonia kimberleysheldonae 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 kimberleysheldonae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 294

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAB4677. Consensus barcode. AATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGTTATGATCTGGAATAATTGGGTTATCAATTAGATTAATTATTCGTATAGAACTAAGACAATCAGGGGTTTTATTAAATAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGGTTAGTTACTATGCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTAATGTTGGGTAGAGTGGATATGGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTAAGAGGTTTTATAAATATTGGGGTTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTGTATCCTCCTCTTTCATTAAATGTTAGACATATAGGTATTTCTGTAGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTAGAACAATTTTAAATATACGTAATTATGGGGTTTTAATAGATAAAATTAGATTAATATGTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTGGCAGGAGCTATCACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCTYCGGGAGGGGGGGACCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT. The new species shares with H. maculicoxa (Enderlein, 1920) the elongate and largely transversely striate first metasomal tergite. Hymenochaonia kimberleysheldonae differs because it has vein cu-a of forewing longer and slightly narrower (shorter and slightly wider in H. maculicoxa ), hind femur and coxa yellowish (mainly blackish) and first tergite slenderer, especially in front of spiracles (less slender).

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Naciente, 10.98705, -85.42816, 700 meters, caterpillar collection date: 25/i/2014, wasp eclosion date: 24/ii/2014. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Desmia BioLep06 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Hoffmannia liesneriana ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 14-SRNP-30295, DHJPAR0055155.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Syngamia florella , Desmia ploralis , Desmia Janzen09, Desmia BioLep06, Desmia Janzen14, Desmia Solis19 (all Crambidae ). DHJPAR0036730, DHJPAR0036724, DHJPAR0028982, DHJPAR0037872, DHJPAR0037874, DHJPAR0039388, DHJPAR0040233, DHJPAR0050353, DHJPAR0050914, DHJPAR0055154, DHJPAR0056290. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia kimberlysheldonae is named to honor Dr. Kimberly Sheldon of the University of Tennessee for her intense and effective efforts to translate why "Mountain Passes are higher in the Tropics" to today’s concern for climate change impacts on biodiversity.

Figures

Figure 294. Hymenochaonia kimberleysheldonae, holotype.