Zelomorpha mikeiviei Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 12

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 111 C, 411 G, 549 G, 567 G, 661 T

Biology.

This species has been reared from three unidentified, different species of host feeding on two different host plants: a species of Geometridae feeding on Ruellia inundata ( Acanthaceae) and another on Solanum hayesii ( Solanaceae), and a species of Erebidae feeding on Colubrina spinosa ( Rhamnaceae). Host caterpillars were collected in January and June.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0029297 (ASHYE704-09), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, GPS: 11.01926, -85.40997, 440 m elevation, Calixto Moraga coll., reared from Erebidae 04-SRNP-30170, host collected 12 January 2004, wasp eclosed 6 February 2004, (EMUS). Paratype: DHJPAR0040325 (ASHYE2461-11).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha mikeiviei is named in honor of Mike Ivie of Montana State University, a master taxonomist in Coleoptera of who has massively contributed to the knowledge base of the inventory of Caribbean Coleoptera and ACG biodiversity inventory.