Hormius jaygallegosi 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 jaygallegosi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 244 , 245

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK6504. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATGTGATCTGGAATAGTTGGTTTGTCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTGGAATTAGGTATACCAGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGGTTAGTTCCTTTAATAATAGGGTCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTTAGTGGTTTATTAAATATTGGGGTTGGAACTGGGTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTCTTATTGGTCATAGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTATATAAAGTTTGATCAAATTAGTTTATTAATTTGGTCTATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 11.03004, -85.52699, 280 meters, caterpillar collection date: 17/xii/2003, wasp eclosion date: 08/i/2004, one of 11 wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Cliniodes opalalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Daphnopsis americana ( Thymelaeaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 03-SRNP-38276, DHJPAR0029001.

Paratypes.

Host = Cliniodes opalalis : 10 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0062198, DHJPAR0029014, DHJPAR0029015, DHJPAR0029023, DHJPAR0029025. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius jaygallegosi is named for Jay Gallegos in recognition of Mesoamerica (IEDO) moral and financial support for the IEDO electric power line highly positive interaction with Sector Mundo Nuevo of ACG.

Figures

Figure 244. Hormius jaygallegosi holotype.

Figure 245. Irregular mass of cocoons of Hormius jaygallegosi (DHJPAR 0062198) filling the rolled leaf nest of Clinodes opalalis.