Hormius carloswalkeri Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 220, 221, 222, 223

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK8132. Consensus barcode. ATTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATGTGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTGATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTGGGATCTCCCGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATAATATTAATTTTTAGAGGGATTTTAAATGTTGGAGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCACTTATTGGACATAGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTCATTAAAATTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 11.01926, -85.40997, 440 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/iii/2006, wasp eclosion date: 13/iv/2006, one of 32 wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Vettius aurelius ( Hesperiidae) feeding on Lasiacis procerrima ( Poaceae).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 06-SRNP-31447, DHJPAR0029027.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Joanna joanna, Vettius aurelius, Cynea Irma, Vehilius vetula, Justinia norda, Tigasis simplex (all Hesperiidae). 31 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0029010, DHJPAR0057466, DHJPAR0047098, DHJPAR0047119, DHJPAR0047127, DHJPAR0049061, DHJPAR0049084, DHJPAR0053764. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius carloswalkeri is named in recognition of Carlos Walker’s many years of mentoring the financial arrangement between ACG, GDFCF, and IEDO (formerly Mesoamerica) for the power line crossing Sector Mundo Nuevo of ACG.