Hormius isidrochaconi 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 isidrochaconi Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 242 , 243

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAT8859. Consensus barcode. ATTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATATGAGCTGGAATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGTTTAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTATACCTGGGAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATCGTTACTGCACATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGTTCACCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTATTAGTTCCTTCTTTATTTATATTAATTTTTAGAGGTTTATTAAATGTGGGAGTTGGTACGGGTTGAACTATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCATTGATTGGTCATGGGGGAGTGTCTGTTGATTTGGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTATGGGGGCAGTAAATTTTATTTCAACAATTTTAAATATAAAATTATTTAATATAAAATTTGATCAAATTAATTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAACATTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGTGGTGGTGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 11.03004, -85.52699, 280 meters, caterpillar collection date: 18/vi/2009, wasp eclosion date: 30/vi/2009. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Antaeotricha BioLep38 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Arrabidaea chica ( Bignoniaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-21577, DHJPAR0041628.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Hormius isidrochaconi is named to honor Sr. Isidro Chacon of San José, Costa Rica in recognition of his 40 years of cataloguing and taxonomizing the Lepidoptera of Costa Rica, and supporting the founding and development of INBio, the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 242. Hormius isidrochaconi holotype.

Figure 243. Typical Hormius cocoons of Hormius isidrochaconi, tightly adjacent and angled, sandwiched between two leaf surfaces in the caterpillar pupal chamber next to the caterpillar cadaver (09 - SRNP- 21577).