Stantonia billalleni Sharkey, 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

Stantonia billalleni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 347

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1059. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTAAAATTTGGAATTTGAGCTGGTATTTTAGGTATGTCTATAAGATTAATTGTACGATTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGTAGTATAATTGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCAATAATATTGGGATGTCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTTAGAAGAGTTTTAAATATTGGGGTAGGTACTGGATGAACAGTATATCCACCATTATCYTTATTGATTGGCCATGGTGGATTATCAGTTGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTGGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTTTAAATATGCGAGTTGATAAAGTTTATATAGATAAAATTTCTTTATTATCTTGATCAGTTTTTATTACTGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGTGGRGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTGTTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Estación La Perla, 10.76737, -85.43313, 325 meters, caterpillar collection date: 16/x/2012, wasp eclosion date: 2/xi/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Hyalorista exuvialis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Hyptis verticillata ( Lamiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-56280, DHJPAR0051309.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Hyalorista exuvialis and Hyalorista exuvialisDHJ02. DHJPAR0038188, DHJPAR0051311. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Stantonia billalleni is named in honor of Bill Allen’s long-appreciated contributions to publicity for ACG, GDFCF, and now, BioAlfa.

Figures

Figure 347. Stantonia billalleni, holotype.