Cotesia cassina sp. Nov. from southwestern colombia: 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)

Geraldo Salgado-Neto, Consuelo Alexandra Narváez Vásquez, Dillon S. Max, James B. Whitfield

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11-22
Number of pages12
JournalZooKeys
Volume1061
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Butterfly
  • DNA barcode
  • Integrative taxonomy
  • Morphology
  • Natural enemy
  • New species

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Insect Science
  • Palaeontology

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