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

BACKGROUND: 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...

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Autores principales: Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Kaunisto, Kari M., Sharkey, Michael, Stedenfeld, Shelby, Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnie, Janzen, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e91486
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: 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. NEW INFORMATION: 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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