Hormius jimlewisi 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 jimlewisi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 247 , 248

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAK5352. Consensus barcode. RRKTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATGTGAGCTGGRATAATTGGTTTATCAATGAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGAATACCAGGAAGATTRTTGGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGTATAGTAACTGCYCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGATTTGGTAATTGATTGGTYCCTTTAATAATAGGRGCYCCTGATATGGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAATTTTTAGAGGTTTATTGAATATTGGGGTTGGTACTGGTTGAACAATATATCCACCTTTATCTTCATTGATTGGTCATGGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATRGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTATATAAAATTTGATCAAATTAGATTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGTAATTTAAATACTACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCAATTTTATTTCAGCATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa, 10.83764, -85.61871, 295 meters, caterpillar collection date: 03/xi/1995, wasp eclosion date: 18/xi/1995, one of two wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Salbia cassidalis ( Crambidae ) feeding on Lasiacis sorghoidea ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 95-SRNP-10855, DHJPAR0030617.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Salbia cassidalis , Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis ( Crambidae ). 1 specimen same data as holotype, and DHJPAR0030615, DHJPAR0038122, DHJPAR0042956, DHJPAR0047155, DHJPAR0051229. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius jimlewisi is named in recognition of Jim Lewis’ long years of curating the Hemiptera and other insects of the former INBio national insect inventory.

Figures

Figure 247. Hormius jimlewisi holotype.

Figure 248. Two white scattered cocoons of Hormius jimlewisi (DHJPAR 0047155) glued to the leaf fragments of the larval nest.