Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica and Perú
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Sääksjärvi I (2022). Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica and Perú. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.10.e91486 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Creagrura Townes from Central and South America: C. alejandromasisi sp. n. and C. rogerblancoi sp. n. from Costa Rica and C. allpahuaya sp. n. from Peru, all of which emphasise the unknown parasitoid insect diversity yet to be revealed in the tropics.Host relationships of the two Costa Rican species are described in detail. In addition, it is inferred that the Creagrura wasps find and oviposit in the caterpillar when it is exposed at night, rather than when it is concealed during daylight hours.Taxonomic Coverages
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Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
Turku
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Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
Turku
FI
email: ilari.saaksjarvi@utu.fi
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Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
Turku
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