Review of the Neotropical genus Prasmodon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica

By

Fernandez-Triana, Jose
Whitfield, James B. (James Bryan), 1956-
Smith, M. Alex
Braet, Yves
Hallwachs, Winnie
Janzen, Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

37

Pages

1-52

Subjects

Area de Conservación Guanacaste , Caterpillars , Costa Rica , Microgastrinae , Neotropics , parasitoid biology , Prasmodon , species descriptions

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.37.6748

 

Abstract

The Microgastrinae genus Prasmodon is revised and the following 16 new species are described: erenadupontae and verhoogdenokus (authored by Braet and Fernández-Triana), and almasolisae, aureus, bobpoolei, bobrobbinsi, dondavisi, johnbrowni, masoni, mikepoguei, nixoni, paulgoldsteini, scottmilleri, silvatlanticus, subfuscus, and tijucaensis (authored by Fernández-Triana and Whitfield). The greatest species richness is found in the Amazon basin, but the genus extends throughout the rain forests of Central and South America. Leaf-rolling and webbing caterpillars of Crambidae and Elachistidae are the only known hosts for these parasitoids.