Fernandez-Triana Jose L, Whitfield James B, Smith M Alex, Hallwachs Winnie, Janzen Daniel H
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Ottawa, Canada.
University of Illinois, Champaign, United States of America.
Biodivers Data J. 2014 Nov 13(2):e4167. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4167. eCollection 2014.
The New World genus Venanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) is a small group of parasitoid wasps that includes two Nearctic and seven Neotropical species. Here two additional species, authored by Fernández-Triana & Whitfield, are described from Costa Rica: V.johnnyrosalesi sp. n. from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) and V.randallgarciai sp. n. from Area de Conservación Cordillera Volcanica Central. They represent the first record of the genus for Mesoamerica. A previous key to all known Venanus (Whitfield et al. 2011) is modified to include the new species. The Costa Rican species were collected at altitudes of 1,400-1,460 m, but nothing is known of their biology. DNA barcodes were obtained for both species and are included as part of the description along with extensive photos. This paper is part of a series inventorying the diversity of Microgastrinae in ACG.
新大陆的韦纳努斯属（膜翅目：茧蜂科：小腹茧蜂亚科）是一小群寄生蜂，包括两种新北界物种和七种新热带界物种。在此，费尔南德斯 - 特里亚纳和惠特菲尔德描述了来自哥斯达黎加的另外两个物种：来自瓜纳卡斯特保护区（ACG）的新物种约翰尼·罗萨莱斯韦纳努斯和来自中央火山山脉保护区的新物种兰德尔·加西亚韦纳努斯。它们代表了该属在中美洲的首次记录。之前所有已知韦纳努斯的检索表（惠特菲尔德等人，2011年）进行了修改，以纳入新物种。哥斯达黎加的物种是在海拔1400 - 1460米处采集的，但对它们的生物学特性一无所知。已获得这两个物种的DNA条形码，并作为描述的一部分与大量照片一起收录。本文是对ACG中小腹茧蜂亚科多样性进行编目的系列文章的一部分。
