Zelomorpha larrykirkendalli 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 larrykirkendalli Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 10

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 81 G, 273 G, 324 T, 369 A, 432 G, 522 A, 662 G

Biology.

This species has been reared from three species of Opisthoxia ( Geometridae ) feeding on very young leaves of three species of Primulaceae : O. molpadia on Parathesis glabra , O. bella on Ardisia compressa , and O. uncinata on Ardisia auriculata . Caterpillars were collected in February, March, June, July, and September.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0015540 (ASAG226-07), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, GPS: 10.90037, -85.37254, 500 m elevation, Yessenia Mendoza coll., reared from Opisthoxia bella 04-SRNP-4505, host collected 6 September 2004, wasp eclosed 26 September 2004, (EMUS). Paratypes: DHJPAR0055988 (ASHYH2725-14), DHJPAR0055084 (ASHYH1631-14), DHJPAR0052087 (ASHYH1199-13), DHJPAR0055981 (ASHYH2718-14).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha larrykirkendalli is named in honor of Larry Kirkendall of the University of Bergen, Norway, in recognition of his intense taxonomic interest in Neotropical Scolytidae and Platypodidae , and now, those of ACG.

Figures

Figure 10. Lateral image of Zelomorpha larrykirkendalli holotype female.