Hormius juanmatai 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 juanmatai Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 255 , 256

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAT9025. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATRTGATCTGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGAATACCTGGAAGTTTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATRATTGGGGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCATTAATATTAGGATCACCTGATATRGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAGTTCCTTCWTTAATGTTATTAATTTTTAGAGGTATATTAAATATTGGGGTTGGAACAGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCATTAATTGGTCATGGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTATATAAAGTTAGATCAAATTAGTTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTRTTATTATTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 10.77074, -85.42874, 365 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/xii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 28/xii/2010, one of five wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Palpusia Solis25 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Guettarda macrosperma ( Rubiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-57322, DHJPAR0041552.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Palpusia Solis25 and Asturodes fimbriauralis ( Crambidae ). 4 specimens, same data as holotype, and DHJPAR0050993. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius juanmatai is named to honor Juan Mata of San José, Costa Rica and the former INBio insect collection in Santo Domingo de Heredia, and for his diligent skill in creating images for publications from the INBio collections.

Figures

Figure 255. Hormius juanmatai, holotype.

Figure 256. Two separated cocoons of Hormius juanmatai (DHJPAR 0041552) that were tightly but irregularly clustered in the pupal chamber of the ultimate instar caterpillar.