热带弄蝶幼虫寄生黄蜂的隐秘生物多样性：来自哥斯达黎加和秘鲁的三种新的汤氏黄蜂（膜翅目，姬蜂科，悬茧姬蜂亚科）

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

作者信息

Sääksjärvi Ilari E, Kaunisto Kari M, Sharkey Michael, Stedenfeld Shelby, Smith M Alex, Hallwachs Winnie, Janzen Daniel

机构信息

Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku Turku Finland.

Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky United States of America.

出版信息

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Oct 26;10:e91486. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e91486. eCollection 2022.

BACKGROUND

We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Townes from Central and South America: and from Costa Rica and 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 wasps find and oviposit in the caterpillar when it is exposed at night, rather than when it is concealed during daylight hours.