Hormius mercedesfosterae 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 mercedesfosterae Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 259

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACG3568. Consensus barcode. TATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATGAGCAGGAATATTGGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTGTTCGTTTAGAGTTAGGAATACCTGGTAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGATCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTATTATTAATTTTTAGAGGATTATTAAATATTGGGGTTGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCATTGTCTTCTTTAATTGGTCATAGTGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTRCATTTAGCCGGTGCTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTGAATATAAATTTATATATAAAGATAGATCAAATTAATTTATTGATTTGATCTATTATAATTACGGCGATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCGGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATTACTATACTTTTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCGGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTGTTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.8438, -85.6138, 300 meters, Malaise trap, 29/x/2012. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG09074-A02.

Paratypes.

BIOUG09074-A10, BIOUG09074-A08. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius mercedesfosterae is named in honor of Mercedes Foster for her participation in the international NSF-funded planning meeting for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) of Terrestrial Systems, and contributing her wisdom to the planning that was the founding of Costa Rica’s national BioAlfa today.

Figures

Figure 259. Hormius mercedesfosterae, holotype.