Hormius carloswalkeri 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 carloswalkeri Sharkey sp. nov. Figures 220 , 221 , 222 , 223

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACK8132. Consensus barcode. ATTATTATATTTTTTATTTGGGATGTGATCAGGAATAATTGGTTTATCAATAAGATTGATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGGATACCTGGAAGATTATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATAGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTGGGATCTCCCGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATAATATTAATTTTTAGAGGGATTTTAAATGTTGGAGTTGGTACAGGTTGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCACTTATTGGACATAGAGGAATTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTATAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACTATTTTAAATATAAATTTATATTCATTAAAATTAGATCAAATTAATTTATTAATTTGATCAATTTTAATTACTGCTATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAATACAACTTTTTTTGATTTTTCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 11.01926, -85.40997, 440 meters, caterpillar collection date: 27/iii/2006, wasp eclosion date: 13/iv/2006, one of 32 wasps that emerged from the same host caterpillar. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Gregarious parasitoid of Vettius aurelius ( Hesperiidae ) feeding on Lasiacis procerrima ( Poaceae ).

Caterpillar and holotype voucher codes. 06-SRNP-31447, DHJPAR0029027.

Paratypes.

Hosts = Joanna joanna , Vettius aurelius , Cynea Irma, Vehilius vetula , Justinia norda , Tigasis simplex (all Hesperiidae ). 31 specimens, same data as holotype and DHJPAR0029010, DHJPAR0057466, DHJPAR0047098, DHJPAR0047119, DHJPAR0047127, DHJPAR0049061, DHJPAR0049084, DHJPAR0053764. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Hormius carloswalkeri is named in recognition of Carlos Walker’s many years of mentoring the financial arrangement between ACG, GDFCF, and IEDO (formerly Mesoamerica) for the power line crossing Sector Mundo Nuevo of ACG.

Figures

Figure 220. Hormius carloswalkeri holotype.

Figure 221. Penultimate instar larvae of Hormius carloswalkeri (DHJPAR 0049061) feeding on living last instar Tigasis simplex (Hesperiidae).

Figure 222. Two last instar larvae of Hormius carloswalkeri (DHJPAR 0057466) feeding on last instar (living) caterpillar of Cynea Irma (Hesperiidae).

Figure 223. Cocoons of Hormius carloswalkeri (DHJPAR 0029010) that fed on last instar caterpillar of Joanna joanna (Hesperiidae) in the caterpillar's rolled grass leaf nest.