Zelomorpha mikeiviei Meierotto

Meierotto, Sarah, Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Hebert, Paul D. N., Chapman, Eric G. & Smith, M. Alex, 2019, A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66 (2), pp. 119-145 : 119

Zelomorpha mikeiviei Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 12

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 111 C, 411 G, 549 G, 567 G, 661 T

Biology.

This species has been reared from three unidentified, different species of host feeding on two different host plants: a species of Geometridae feeding on Ruellia inundata ( Acanthaceae ) and another on Solanum hayesii ( Solanaceae ), and a species of Erebidae feeding on Colubrina spinosa ( Rhamnaceae ). Host caterpillars were collected in January and June.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0029297 (ASHYE704-09), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, GPS: 11.01926, -85.40997, 440 m elevation, Calixto Moraga coll., reared from Erebidae 04-SRNP-30170, host collected 12 January 2004, wasp eclosed 6 February 2004, (EMUS). Paratype: DHJPAR0040325 (ASHYE2461-11).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha mikeiviei is named in honor of Mike Ivie of Montana State University, a master taxonomist in Coleoptera of who has massively contributed to the knowledge base of the inventory of Caribbean Coleoptera and ACG biodiversity inventory.

Figures

Figure 12. Lateral image of Zelomorpha mikeiviei holotype female.