Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica and Perú

Autor: Ilari Sääksjärvi, Kari Kaunisto, Michael Sharkey, Shelby Stedenfeld, M. Alex Smith, Winnie Hallwachs, Daniel Janzen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 1-18 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1314-2828
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e91486
Popis: We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Creagrura Townes from Central and South America: C. alejandromasisi sp. n. and C. rogerblancoi sp. n. from Costa Rica and C. allpahuaya sp. n. from Peru, all of which emphasise the unknown parasitoid insect diversity yet to be revealed in the tropics.Host relationships of the two Costa Rican species are described in detail. In addition, it is inferred that the Creagrura wasps find and oviposit in the caterpillar when it is exposed at night, rather than when it is concealed during daylight hours.
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