Hormius irenecanasae 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 irenecanasae Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 240 , 241

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACB2774. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATGTGAGCTGGAATAGTTGGTTTATCAATGAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCAGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTYACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGWTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCATTAATAATAGGTGCYCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTTAGGGGATTATTAAATATTGGRGTTGGTACTGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGRCATGGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTATATAAAATTTGATCAGATTAGATTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCWTTACCTGTTTTRGCTGGGGCTATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGGGACCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Rio Francia Arriba, 10.89666, -85.29003, 400 meters, caterpillar collection date: 04/iii/2012, wasp eclosion date: 17/iii/2012, 1 wasp eclosed.

Host data. Apparently solitary parasitoid of gelJanzen01 Janzen235 ( Gelechiidae ) feeding on Croton schiedeanus ( Euphorbiaceae ). Depository: CNC.

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 12-SRNP-40926, DHJPAR0049383.

Paratypes.

Host = Asturodes fimbriauralisDHJ02 ( Crambidae ): DHJPAR0052293. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius irenecanasae is named for Irene Cañas in recognition of her broad-minded attitude about integrating Costa Rican wild biodiversity conservation with industrial geothermia.

Figures

Figure 240. Hormius irenecanasae holotype.

Figure 241. Single cocoon of Hormius irenecanasae of wasp DHJPAR 0049383 glued to the leaf nest of its host caterpillar.