Hormius pamelacastilloae 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

Hormius pamelacastilloae Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 263 , 264

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1076. Consensus barcode. AATTCTTTATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGAGCAGGAATATTAGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAACTAGGAATACCAGGTAGATTATTAGGGAATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAGTAATAGTTGGAGGGTTTGGGAATTGATTATTACCTTTAATATTAAGGGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTTTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAATTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTATTAATAAGAAGAGTATTAAATGTAGGTGTTGGTACTGGATGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTGTCTTCTTCTTTAGGTCATAGGGGTATATCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCGGGTATTTCATCAATTTTAGGGGCTATAAATTTTATTTCAACTATTTTTAATATACATTTATTAACTTTAAAATTAGATCAATTAACTTTATTTATTTGATCAATTTTTATTACAACTTTGTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTATTAGCTGGGGCTATTACCATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGAGGTGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Estación Llanura, 10.93332, -85.25331, 135 meters, caterpillar collection date: 11/i/2010, wasp eclosion date: 22/i/2010, one of three wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Omiodes humeralisDHJ07 ( Crambidae ) feeding on leaves of Inga oerstediana ( Fabaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-75038, DHJPAR0038272.

Paratypes.

Two specimens, same data as holotype. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius pamelacastilloae is named to honor Pamela Castillo in recognition of her direct support of the integration of the BioAlfa process into National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) of the government of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 263. Hormius pamelacastilloae holotype.

Figure 264. Three separate cocoons of Hormius pamelacastilloae (DHJPAR 0038272) that were glued between the overlapping leaves of the nest of the host caterpillar Omiodes humeralisDHJ 07 (10 - SRNP- 75038).