Zelomorpha donwindsori Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 6

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 78 A, 213 C, 243 A, 390 G, 429 G, 456 G, 506-507 CT, 513 T, 585 G, 588 G, 603 C, 636 C, 660 G, 678-679 TG

Biology.

The two specimens of this species were reared from caterpillars in the Euteliidae, Paectes lunodes feeding on very young leaves of Ocotea veraguensis ( Lauraceae) and Paectes fuscescens feeding on young leaves of the introduced species Anacardium occidentale ( Anacardiaceae). Host caterpillars were collected in November and July.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0048721 (ACGBA2263-12), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Los Almendros, GPS: 11.03226, -85.52776, 290 m elevation, Elieth Cantillano coll., reared from Paectes fuscescens 11-SRNP-23258, host collected 15 November 2011, wasp eclosed 9 January 2012, (EMUS). Paratype: DHJPAR0052679 (ASHYM2033-13).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha donwindsori is named in honor of Don Windsor of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, a master taxonomist in Chrysomelidae who also contributed to the early development of ACG. The timbers from his original house are part of an ACG caterpillar rearing barn.