Cubus normwoodleyi Zuniga, Valerio & Hanson 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zuñiga, Ronald
name: Valerio, Alejandro A.
name: Hanson, Paul
name: Hallwachs, Winnie
name: Janzen, Daniel H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cubus
Cubus normwoodleyi

description: Cubus normwoodleyi Zúñiga, Valerio & Hanson, sp. nov.
(Fig. 26)
Diagnostic description. Female. Fore wing length 6.8–7.3 mm. Malar space about 0.5 × basal mandibular width; combined face and clypeus (from clypeal apex to level of antennal sockets) about 1.4 × as high as wide (shortest distance between the eyes); posterior ocellus separated from eye by 0.5 × its own maximum diameter; antenna with 32–34 flagellomeres. Posterior projections of ventral mesothorax flattened and sharply pointed. Coloration. Black mark on occiput reaching laterally well beyond inner eye margin, with dorsal margin of black mark more or less parallel to eye margin; lower 0.6 of pronotum black; ventral mesothorax completely yellow; hind coxa with black mark on both internal and external surfaces; propodeum with a longitudinal black line that is narrower than propodeal orifice; tergite I with median black line reaching middle of tergite, with posterior portion greatly expanded laterally, or black mark restricted to middle.
Male. Unknown.
Comments. Cubus normwoodleyi and C. johnstiremani are the only species having a very narrow longitudinal black line on the propodeum. The former differs by having a black mark on both surfaces of the hind coxa whereas the latter completely lacks black marks on the hind coxa.
Hosts. This species was found in the Mundo Nuevo Sector. It has been reared on five occasions from Herpetogramma Janzen 03 (Crambidae) feeding on Iresine calea (Amaranthaceae).
Etymology. This species is named in honor of Norm Woodley of the U.S. National Museum of Natural History in recognition of his contributions to the ACG tachinid fly inventory.
Material. Holotype. ♀. Deposited at EMUS. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0045034. 2. Caterpillar Voucher: D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs, DB: http://Janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de Conservation Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 11- SRNP-55610. Database information: Costa Rica, ACG, Guanacaste Prov., Sector Mundo Nuevo, Estación la Perla, 10.76737, -85.43313, 325m (Mariano Pereira) caterpillar feeding on Iresine calea (Amaranthaceae) coll. 31.v.2011 wasp eclosed 27.vi.2011. Paratypes. 4 ♀, (MNCR, USNM). COSTA RICA,ACG database codes: (Rearing ref. #: 11- SRNP-57143: DHJPAR0046766 (♀); 11-SRNP-57137: DHJPAR0046767 (♀); 11-SRNP-55980: DHJPAR0045033 (♀); 11-SRNP-55979: DHJPAR0045032 (♀).
Barcode. DNA barcode of female holotype DHJPAR0045034 (661bp): AATACTATATTTTATTTTAGGGATCTGATCAGGTACAATTGGAACTTCTACAAGTATAATTATTCGAATTCAACTT ATAAACCCAATAAAACCATTAATTATTAATGATCAAATATATAATTCTTTAGTAACAATACATGCATTCTTAATAA TTTTTTTTTTAGTTATACCTACAATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCACTAATATTAGGAACCCCTGA TATAGCATTCCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGATTATTACCCCCCTCAATAATTATATTATTAATAAGTAGA ATTATTAATCAAGGACCAGGTACTGGATGAACAATTTATCCTCCATTATCATCAAATATTAGACATGAAGGAATAT CAGTTGATTATGCTATTTTCTCCCTTCATATTGCAGGATCTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAAC AATTTTTAATTTAAAAATTAAAAATTTAAAAATAAGACAATTAACACTTTTCTCATGATCAATTATTATTACATCA ATTTTACTTCTATTAGCCGTACCCGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTTTAACAATATTAATTTTTGATCGAAACTTAAACACAT CATTCTTTGACCCTTCAGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTCTCTTTCAACATCTCTTC
description: Published as part of Zuñiga, Ronald, Valerio, Alejandro A., Hanson, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2025, Endoparasitoid wasps of the genus Cubus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae) reared from caterpillars of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, pp. 365-385 in Zootaxa 5590 (3) on pages 383-384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14953270