Hormius carmenretanae 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 carmenretanae Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 224 , 225

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ABA7266. Consensus barcode. AGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGGGCTGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGATTAGAATTAGGAATACCAGGTAGATTATTGGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATAATAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTGATTTTTAGGGGAGTATTAAATATTGGGGTTGGAACTGGTTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGTCATGGTGGTATTTCTGTTGATTTAACAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTGGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTATATAAAATTTGATCAAATTAGTTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCTATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTGAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGGGGAGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Albergue Oscar, 10.87741, -85.32363, 560 meters, caterpillar collection date: 06/iii/2011, wasp eclosion date: 28/iii/2011, 1 wasp eclosed. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Apparently solitary parasitoid of phyBioLep01 BioLep757 ( Pyralidae ) feeding on Croton billbergianus ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 11-SRNP-954, DHJPAR0042983.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Hormius carmenretanae is named for Carmen Retana in recognition of her long years of guiding the Minister of Environment’s administrative office of the Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia.

Figures

Figure 224. Hormius carmenretanae holotype.

Figure 225. Single cocoon of Hormius carmenretanae of wasp DHJPAR 0042983 spun on leaf surface of nest of phyBioLep 01 BioLep 757.