A new species of Pseudophanerotoma (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Nayarit, Mexico

By

Falcón Brindis, Armando
León-Cortés, Jorge L.
Mancilla-Brindis, Rubén F.
Estrada-Virgen, Mario Orlando
Cambero-Campos, Octavio J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-14

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1095

Pages

165--177

Subjects

Cheloninae , COI barcode , integrative taxonomy , Mexican biodiversity , Neotropical region , parasitoid wasp , Tortricidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1095.74308

 

Abstract

Parasitoid wasps are known to be among the most abundant and species-rich on Earth and thus considered an ecologically important group of arthropods. Braconid wasps play a key role in regulating the populations of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera. However, the biology and taxonomy of numerous parasitoid species remain poorly known. In Mexico, only 17 species of the subfamily Cheloninae have been described. A new species ofPseudophanerotomaZettel, 1990 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae),P. huicholsp. nov., is described from Nayarit, Mexico. The tortricid mothCryptaspasma perseanaGilligan & Brown, 2011 is reported as the host of this parasitoid wasp. Detailed taxonomic and barcoding information are provided.