Hormius eddysanchezi 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 eddysanchezi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 229 , 230 , 231

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACC0955. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTTTTTGGAATATGGGCTGGTATAGTTGGCTTATCTATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTYGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTYCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGATTATTAGTACCTTCTTTAATATTATTAGTTTTTAGAGGAATTTTAAATATTGGGGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACAATATACCCACCATTATCTTCATTAATTGGTCATAGAGGAATTTCAGTTGATATAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTTAATATAAAATTAAATTATATAAAAATAGATCAAATTAATTTATTAATTTGATCTATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTRCCCGTTTTAGCCGGTGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGAGGGG.

Holotype ♀.

Rincon Rain Forest, Jacobo, 10.94076, -85.3177, 461 meters, caterpillar collection date: 14/i/2013, wasp eclosion date: 30/i/2013, one of two wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of crambidBioLep01 BioLep77 ( Crambidae ) feeding on Lepidaploa tortuosa ( Asteraceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 13-SRNP-69106, DHJPAR0051034.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Herpetogramma salbialis crambidBioLep01 BioLep77 (both Crambidae ). DHJPAR0056927, DHJPAR0050031. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius eddysanchezi is named in honor of Eddy Sanchez in recognition of his bureaucratic bravery of allowing the government’s PL12 geothermal project to be biomonitored by ACG.

Figures

Figure 229. Hormius eddysanchezi holotype.

Figure 230. Last instar larvae of Hormius eddysanchezi (DHJPAR 0056927) a few hours after spinning their in-common over-layer of silk, now peeled back to show the larvae.

Figure 231. Cocoons of Hormius eddysanchezi (DHJPAR 0050031) spun side by side under a common layer of silk, glued to the leaf of the caterpillar nest.