ZooKeys (Dec 2021)

Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

  • Michael J. Sharkey,
  • Austin Baker,
  • Kathryn McCluskey,
  • Alex Smith,
  • Suresh Naik,
  • Sujeevan Ratnasingham,
  • Ramya Manjunath,
  • Kate Perez,
  • Jayme Sones,
  • Michelle D'Souza,
  • Brianne St. Jacques,
  • Paul Hebert,
  • Winnie Hallwachs,
  • Daniel Janzen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1075
pp. 77 – 136

Abstract

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Twenty-nine species are treated, most of which have host caterpillar and food plant records, and all but one are new to science. The first host record for the agathidine genus Amputoearinus is given. Gnathopleura josequesadai Sharkey, sp. nov. is reported as a hyperparasitoid of fly larvae, the first such record for the genus. The following new species are diagnosed primarily using COI barcode data; Sharkey is the authority for all: Agathidinae: Aerophilus davidwagneri, Aerophilus fundacionbandorum, Aerophilus nicklaphami, Lytopylus davidstopaki, Lytopylus davidschindeli; Alysiinae: Gnathopleura josequesadai; Braconinae: Bracon andreamezae, Bracon franklinpaniaguai, Bracon rafagutierrezi, Bracon guillermoblancoi, Bracon oscarmasisi, Bracon pauldimaurai, Bracon shebadimaurae, Sacirema karendimaurae; Cheloninae: Chelonus minorzunigai; Homolobinae: Homolobus stevestroudi; Macrocentrinae: Macrocentrus michaelstroudi; Orgilinae: Stantonia gilbertfuentesi; Rhysipolinae: Rhysipolis stevearonsoni; Rogadinae: Aleiodes kaydodgeae, Aleiodes kerrydresslerae, Aleiodes josesolanoi, Aleiodes juniorporrasi, Aleiodes rocioecheverri, Aleiodes ronaldzunigai, Choreborogas jesseausubeli, Triraphis doncombi, and Yelicones mayrabonillae.