@article{35a209e2b57f41b8b298412b306dcefe,
title = "Minimalist revision of Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) from {\'A}rea de Conservaci{\'o}n Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with 158 new species and host records for 129 species",
abstract = "Introduction: Species of Mesochorus are found worldwide and members of this genus are primarily hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonoidea and Tachinidae. Objectives: To describe species of Costa Rican Mesochorus reared from caterpillars and to a lesser extent Malaise-trapped. Methods: The species are diagnosed by COI mtDNA barcodes, morphological inspection, and host data. A suite of images and host data (plant, caterpillar, and primary parasitoid) are provided for each species. Results: A total of 158 new species of Mesochorus. Sharkey is the taxonomic authority for all. Conclusions: This demonstrates a practical application of DNA barcoding that can be applied to the masses of undescribed neotropical insect species in hyperdiverse groups.",
keywords = "Accelerated taxonomy, BIN code, COI DNA barcode, Ichneumonoidea, conservation, parasitoid host associations, tetra-trophic interaction",
author = "Sharkey, {Michael J.} and Austin Baker and Kathryn McCluskey and Alex Smith and Suresh Naik and Sujeevan Ratnasingham and Ramya Manjunath and Kate Perez and Jayme Sones and Michelle D{\textquoteright}souza and Jacques, {Brianne St} and Mehrdad Hajibabaei and Jim Whitfield and Diana Arias and Alma Solis and Mark Metz and John Burns and Ronald Zu{\~n}iga and Eugenie Phillips-Rodriguez and Bernardo Espinoza and Isidro Chacon and Paul Hebert and Winnie Hallwachs and Daniel Janzen",
note = "Thanks to Richard Pyle who generated the many ZooBank identifiers. We thank Gavin Broad, Don Quicke, Andrew Bennett, Jose Fernandez-Triana and three anonymous reviewers for their comments and corrections. We gratefully acknowledge the unflagging support of the team of ACG parataxonomists who found and reared the specimens used in this study, and the team of biodiversity managers who protect and manage the ACG forests that are home to these wasps and their caterpillar hosts. The study has been supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants BSR 9024770 and DEB 9306296, 9400829, 9705072, 0072730, 0515699, and grants from the Wege Foundation, International Conservation Fund of Canada, Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust, Blue Moon Fund, Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund, Permian Global, individual donors, and University of Pennsylvania (DHJ&WH). This study has been supported by the Government of Canada through its ongoing support to the Canadian National Collection, and by grants from Genome Canada and Ontario Genomics to PDNH in support of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph, and to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the USDA; USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. All specimens were collected, exported and DNA barcoded under Costa Rican government permits issued to BioAlfa (Janzen and Hallwachs 2019) (R-054-2022-OT-CONAGEBIO; R-019-2019-CONAGEBIO; National Published Decree #41767), JICA-SAPI #0328497 (2014) and DHJ and WH (ACG-PI-036-2013; R-SINAC-ACG-PI-061-2021; Resoluci{\'o}n Nº001-2004 SINAC; PI-028-2021).",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS2.56316",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "71",
journal = "Revista de Biologia Tropical",
issn = "0034-7744",
publisher = "Universidad de Costa Rica",
}