Hormius ronaldzunigai 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 ronaldzunigai Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 269 , 270

Diagnostics.

BOLD:AAA5366. Consensus barcode. AATTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGTATATGATCTGGTATAGTTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTAATTATTCGGTTAGAATTAGGAATACCAGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAACAGTATAGTAACCGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGCGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATAATAGGGTCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGGTTATTAGTTCCTTCATTAATGTTATTAATTTTTAGTGGGTTATTAAATATTGGAGTGGGGACTGGGTGAACTATATATCCTCCATTATCTTCATTAATTGGACATAGTGGGATTTCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTTTCATCAATTATGGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATAATATGAAATTTGATCAAATTAGTTTATTAATTTGGTCTATTTTAATTACTGCAATTTTACTTTTATTATCTCTTCCCGTTTTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATGTTATTAACAGATCGGAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCTGGAGGGGGTGACCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 10.86472, -85.41531, 540 meters, caterpillar collection date: 19/x/2009, wasp eclosion date: 11/xi/2009, one of three wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Antaeotricha fascicularis ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Pouteria viridis ( Sapotaceae )

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 09-SRNP-5487, DHJPAR0038086.

Paratypes.

Host = Chlamydastis tryphon ( Depressariidae ), 2 wasps, same data as holotype, and DHJPAR0029024. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius ronaldzunigai is named for Ronald Zuñiga in recognition of his decades of curating Hymenoptera of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 269. Hormius ronaldzunigai, holotype.

Figure 270. Dispersed white cocoons of Hormius ronaldzunigai (DHJPAR 0038086) in the remains of the caterpillar nest of leaves spun together with light silk.