Hormius cesarsuarezi 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 cesarsuarezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 226 , 227

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK7796. Consensus barcode. AATTTTGTATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCAGGTATAGTTGGGTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAGGGATACCAGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGRATAGTTACTGCACATGCATTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTCACCTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAGTTCCYTCATTAATATTATTAATTTTTAGTGGTTTATTAAATATTGGRGTGGGTACAGGATGGACAATGTATCCTCCATTATCTTCATTAATTGGACATGGAGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATGGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTTAATATAAATTTGTATTATTTAAAATTGGATCAGATTAATTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTGTTTTATTAYTATTATCTCTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCAATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCMGGAGGRGGTGAYCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Sector Pitilla, Ingas, 11.00311, -85.42041, 580 meters, caterpillar collection date: 15/ii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 29/ii/2012, one of three wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Herpetogramma salbialis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Zexmenia virgulta ( Asteraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-30368, DHJPAR0049093.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Herpetogramma salbialis . 2 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0047041, DHJPAR0047116, DHJPAR0039420, DHJPAR0039421, DHJPAR0031136, DHJPAR0038115, DHJPAR0038262, DHJPAR0053699, DHJPAR0029000, DHJPAR0029006, DHJPAR0029013, DHJPAR0035321, DHJPAR0035390, DHJPAR0041698, DHJPAR0041709, DHJPAR0041724. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius cesarsuarezi is named in recognition of Cesar Suarez’s continued management support for the IEDO powerline crossing Sector Mundo Nuevo of ACG.

Figures

Figure 226. Hormius cesarsuarezi holotype.

Figure 227. Cocoons of Hormius cesarsuarezi (DHJPAR 0029013) glued to the wall of the leaf nest of the last instar caterpillar of Herpetogramma salbialis (Crambidae).