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1 Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from

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dc.contributor.author Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.
dc.contributor.author Whitfield, James B.
dc.contributor.author Rodriguez, Josephine J.
dc.contributor.author Smith, Alex M.
dc.contributor.author Janzen, Daniel H.
dc.contributor.author Hallwachs, Winnie D.
dc.contributor.author Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
dc.contributor.author Burns, John M.
dc.contributor.author Solis, Alma M.
dc.contributor.author Brown, John
dc.contributor.author Cardinal, Sophie
dc.contributor.author Goulet, Henri
dc.contributor.author Hebert, Paul D. N.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-12-02T20:46:39Z
dc.date.available 2015-12-02T20:46:39Z
dc.date.issued 2014-01
dc.identifier.citation Fernández-Triana JL, Whitfield JB, Rodriguez,JJ, Smith MA, Janzen DH, Hallwachs W, Hajibabaei M, Burns JM, Solis MA, Brown J, Cardinal S, Goulet H, Hebert PDN (2014) Title. Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica. ZooKeys @@: @–@. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.@@.6418 es_CR
dc.identifier.uri doi: 10.3897/zookeys.@@.6418
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11606/45
dc.description.abstract More than half a million specimens of wild-caught Lepidoptera caterpillars have been reared for their parasitoids, identified, and DNA barcoded over a period of 34 years (and ongoing) from Area de Conservación de Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. This provides the world’s best location-based dataset for studying the taxonomy and host relationships of caterpillar parasitoids. Among Hymenoptera, Microgastrinae (Braconidae) is the most diverse and commonly encountered parasitoid subfamily, with many hundreds of species delineated to date, almost all undescribed. Here, we reassess the limits of the genus Apanteles sensu stricto, describe 186 new species from 3,200+ parasitized caterpillars of hundreds of ACG Lepidoptera species, and provide keys to all 205 described Apanteles from Mesoamerica –including 19 previously described species in addition to the new species. The Mesoamerican Apanteles are assigned to 32 species-groups, all but two of which are newly defined. Taxonomic keys are presented in two formats: traditional dichotomous print versions and links to electronic interactive versions (software Lucid 3.5). Numerous illustrations, computer-generated descriptions, distributional information, wasp biology, and DNA barcodes (where available) are presented for every species. All morphological terms are detailed and linked to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology website. DNA barcodes (a standard fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial gene), information on wasp biology (host records, solitary/ gregariousness of wasp larvae), ratios of morphological features, and wasp microecological distributions were used to help clarify boundaries between morphologically cryptic species within species-complexes. Because of the high accuracy of host identification for about 80% of the wasp species studied, it was possible to analyze host relationships at a regional level. The ACG species of Apanteles attack mainly species of Hesperiidae, Elachistidae and Crambidae (Lepidoptera). About 90% of the wasp species with known host records seem to be monophagous or oligophagous at some level, parasitizing just one host family and commonly, just one species of caterpillar. Only 15 species (9%) parasitize species in more than one family, and some of these cases are likely to be found to be species complexes. We have used several information sources and techniques (traditional taxonomy, molecular, software-based, biology, and geography) to accelerate the process of finding and describing these new species in a hyperdiverse group such as Apanteles. es_CR
dc.language.iso en_US es_CR
dc.publisher ZooKeys es_CR
dc.subject Apanteles es_CR
dc.subject Microgastrinae es_CR
dc.subject DNA barcoding, es_CR
dc.subject Hymenoptera es_CR
dc.title 1 Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from es_CR
dc.type Article es_CR


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