Hormius grettelvegae 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 grettelvegae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 234

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAM1094. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCTGGTATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGAATACCGGGTAGGTTATTAGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTCTCCTGATATGGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTGATATTATTAATTTTTAGAGGAGTATTAAATATTGGRGTAGGAACTGGATGAACTATATATCCTCCATTATCTTCATTGATTGGACATAGAGGTATTTCAGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTCTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTGTATAATATAAAATTTGATCAAATTAGATTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTGCAATTTTACTTTTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTRGCGGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGAYTTTTCGGGGGGAGGTGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Tamarindo, 10.94259, -85.31333, 478 meters, caterpillar collection date: 10/iii/2010, wasp eclosion date: 28/iii/2010, one wasp eclosed from two cocoons in the host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Solitary parasitoid of Antaeotricha ribbei ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Guarea rhopalocarpa ( Meliaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 10-SRNP-69369, DHJPAR0038964.

Paratypes.

DHJPAR0058966 reared from Gonionota Janzen116 ( Depressariidae ). Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius grettelvegae is named in honor of Grettel Vega in recognition of her enthusiasm for the integration of Costa Rica’s SINAC with BioAlfa of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 234. Hormius grettelvegae holotype.