Hymenochaonia keithlangdoni 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 keithlangdoni Sharkey & van Achterberg sp. nov. Figure 291

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAC3252. Consensus barcode. TATATTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGATCGGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTATAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTCAATCAGGAACTTTAATTAATAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGATTTGTAACTTCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCATTAATATTAGGAAGAGTTGATATGGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTGTTAATTCCTTCATTAATAATATTAATTTTAAGAGGATTTATAAATATTGGAGTTGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCTTTAAATGTAAGTCATATAGGAATTTCAGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCTATTATGGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATTTTAAATATACGAAATTATGGGGTGTTAATAGATAAAATTAGTTTATTATGTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGGGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTGTATCAACATTTATTT. Both H. keithlangdoni and H. kazumifukunagae have the ovipositor sheath and antenna of ♀ medially white or ivory combined with a strongly widened vein 1Cua of forewing which is shorter than curved vein cu-a. Differs from H. kazumifukunagae by the shorter ovipositor sheath (approx. as long as body) and largely ivory head, mesopleuron and metapleuron.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Segundo, 10.92679, -85.45332, 1180 meters, caterpillar collection date: 30/vii/2007, wasp eclosion date: 1/ix/2007. Depository: CNC.

Host data. gelJanzen01 Janzen356 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Hampea appendiculata ( Malvaceae )

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 07-SRNP-36311, DHJPAR0021647.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Conchylodes salamisalis ( Crambidae ) Dichomeris Janzen169 ( Gelechiidae ). DHJPAR0040592, DHJPAR0040597. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hymenochaonia keithlangdoni is named to honor Mr. Keith Langdon of the US National Park Service for his initiation of the ongoing biodiversity inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Figures

Figure 291. Hymenochaonia keithlangdoni, holotype.