Neocardiochiles hasegawai (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

Neocardiochiles hasegawai (Dabek & Whitfield, 2020) comb. nov.

Material examined.

Non-type specimen Costa Rica • ♀; Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa , Finca Jenny; 10.86333, -85.57443, 205 m; 14.xii.2010 (host caterpillar collection date); 01.i.2011 (host caterpillar pre-pupal date); 17.i.2011 (parasitoid eclosion date); Johan Vargas; DHJPAR0045389; host caterpillar (10-SRNP-15361; Stenoma cathosiota ) on host plant ( Roupala montana ) .

Diagnosis.

Neocardiochiles hasegawai is most similar to N. alexeyi sp. nov. and N. franki sp. nov., but the members of N. hasegawai differ from other Neocardiochiles species by possession of the two following characters: mesoscutum entirely pale; hind femur entirely pale.

Molecular data.

28S sequences (GenBank accession number: ON040755.1);

ATGAGGAGATTCACTGTTAGCATTACTAGTATTAATGCAAATTATGATATGATTATATATGATTCTTGTGGTCACAATTATTATACTTATTTGTATTATTTTATTGGTTTTGTCAGCATGCACTTCTCCTCTAGTAGAACGTCGCGACCCGTTGAATGTTTATTTATGAGTCACATGGTAGTCTTATGTATTTTATACGCAAGACCAGTGAATTTCTAATAAACTGTTTGACGGTATCTAAAATGGTATTGAGCCGCAAATTTTTTTTTGCGTTAGATTTATCACAAGCTAGGCTTACTTTAAGCAGTACGAATTTTATGTCGTCGTTTAAACTAGTCTGCTGTTAGTGATAATATCTTTAACTGGCTTAATTACCGGTCAGCGATGCTACTGCTTTGGGTACTTACAGGACCCGTCTTG.

Description.

See Dabek et al. (2020).

Male.

Body length slightly longer than female ( Dabek et al. 2020).

Host.

Reared from caterpillars of Carthara abrupta ( Pyralidae ) on Roupala montana ( Proteaceae ) ( Dabek et al. 2020).

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).