Hymenochaonia katherineellisonae 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 katherineellisonae Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 288

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADF5149. Consensus barcode. GTATACTTTATTTTTTATTTGGTATGTGATCAGGAATATTGGGGYTATCTATAAGTGTGTTAATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGATGTTCTGGCACTCTTATTAATAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATGTTGGGGAGTGTTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATGAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTATTAATATATTGTTATTAAGGGGTTTTATTAATATTGGGGTAGGTACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTTAAATGTAAGTCATATAGGTATTTCTGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCGGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTAGAATTTTAAATATACGAAATTATGGAATTTTAATAGAAAAAATTAGGTTAATATGTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTACTTTCATTGCCTGTATTGGCTGGTGCTATTACAATGTTGTTAACTGAT. An easily recognizable species because of the robust (ca. 2 × as long as wide apically) and black first metasomal tergite, the simple tarsal claws and the dark brown stigma.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Derrumbe, 10.9292, -85.4643, 1220 meters, 20/xi/2014, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG31549-B03.

Paratypes.

All Malaise-trapped: BIOUG33120-C06, BIOUG36548-H01. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia katherineellisonae is named to honor Ms. Katherine Ellison for her support for Dr. Gretchen Daily’s efforts to integrate wild biodiversity with national socioeconomics.

Figures

Figure 288. Hymenochaonia katherineellisonae, holotype.