Larissimus nigricans sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new reared species of a rare neotropical genus recovered through biodiversity inventory in Ecuador

By

Carrington-Hoekstra, Pomona
Fernandez-Triana, Jose
Dyer, Lee A.
Whitfield, James B. (James Bryan), 1956-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1156

Pages

15--24

Subjects

Arctiinae , Bamboo , Chusquea , Erebidae , Lepidoptera , parasitoid

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1156.101396

 

Abstract

A new species of the rarely collected neotropical microgastrine braconid wasp genus Larissimus Nixon, represented previously by only a single described species, L. cassander Nixon, was recovered by the Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the Eastern Andes in Ecuador inventory project. Larissimus nigricanssp. nov. was reared from an unidentified species of arctiine Erebidae feeding on the common bamboo species Chusquea scandens Kunth at the Yanayacu Biological Station near Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador. The new species is described and diagnosed from L. cassander using both morphological and DNA barcode data.