TY - JOUR
T1 - Cotesia cassina sp. Nov. from southwestern colombia
T2 - A new gregarious microgastrine wasp (hymenoptera, braconidae) reared from the pest species opsiphanes cassina felder & felder (lepidoptera, nymphalidae) feeding on elaeis oil palm trees (arecaceae)
AU - Salgado-Neto, Geraldo
AU - Vásquez, Consuelo Alexandra Narváez
AU - Max, Dillon S.
AU - Whitfield, James B.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A new species of microgastrine wasp, Cotesia cassina Salgado-Neto, Vásquez & Whitfield, sp. nov., is described from southwestern Colombia in Tumaco, Nariño. This species is a koinobiont gregarious larval endoparasitoid, and spins a common mass of cocoons underneath the host caterpillars of Opsiphanes cas-sina (Felder & Felder) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), feeding on oil palm trees (interspecific hybrid Elaeis oleifera × E. guineensis) (Arecaceae). While superficially similar, both morphologically and biologically, to C. invirae Salgado-Neto & Whitfield from southern Brazil, the two species are distinct based on DNA barcodes, host species, geographical range and morphological characters.
AB - A new species of microgastrine wasp, Cotesia cassina Salgado-Neto, Vásquez & Whitfield, sp. nov., is described from southwestern Colombia in Tumaco, Nariño. This species is a koinobiont gregarious larval endoparasitoid, and spins a common mass of cocoons underneath the host caterpillars of Opsiphanes cas-sina (Felder & Felder) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), feeding on oil palm trees (interspecific hybrid Elaeis oleifera × E. guineensis) (Arecaceae). While superficially similar, both morphologically and biologically, to C. invirae Salgado-Neto & Whitfield from southern Brazil, the two species are distinct based on DNA barcodes, host species, geographical range and morphological characters.
KW - Butterfly
KW - DNA barcode
KW - Integrative taxonomy
KW - Morphology
KW - Natural enemy
KW - New species
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.1061.67458
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.1061.67458
M3 - Article
C2 - 34720610
AN - SCOPUS:85116454307
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 1061
SP - 11
EP - 22
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
ER -