Zelomorpha larrykirkendalli Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 10

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 81 G, 273 G, 324 T, 369 A, 432 G, 522 A, 662 G

Biology.

This species has been reared from three species of Opisthoxia ( Geometridae) feeding on very young leaves of three species of Primulaceae: O. molpadia on Parathesis glabra, O. bella on Ardisia compressa, and O. uncinata on Ardisia auriculata . Caterpillars were collected in February, March, June, July, and September.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0015540 (ASAG226-07), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, GPS: 10.90037, -85.37254, 500 m elevation, Yessenia Mendoza coll., reared from Opisthoxia bella 04-SRNP-4505, host collected 6 September 2004, wasp eclosed 26 September 2004, (EMUS). Paratypes: DHJPAR0055988 (ASHYH2725-14), DHJPAR0055084 (ASHYH1631-14), DHJPAR0052087 (ASHYH1199-13), DHJPAR0055981 (ASHYH2718-14).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha larrykirkendalli is named in honor of Larry Kirkendall of the University of Bergen, Norway, in recognition of his intense taxonomic interest in Neotropical Scolytidae and Platypodidae, and now, those of ACG.