Twenty-two new species in the genus Hyphantrophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, with a key to the species of Mesoamerica Fleming, AJ Wood, D. Monty Smith, M. Alex Dapkey, Tanya Hallwachs, Winnie Janzen, Daniel Biodiversity Data Journal 2019 7 29553 29553 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:535A05E1-BDB4-4D26-A724-36B865E3ADDE Fleming & Wood Insecta Tachinidae Hyphantrophaga CoL Animalia Hyphantrophaga similis Diptera 0 29553 Arthropoda species similis  Materials  Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007325; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Jose Perez; individualID: DHJPAR0007325; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT097-06, 03-SRNP-11568, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Sendero Anonas; verbatimElevation: 405; verbatimLatitude: 10.9053; verbatimLongitude: -85.2788; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9053; decimalLongitude: -85.2788; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ02; verbatimEventDate: 23-Aug-2003; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007327; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas; individualID: DHJPAR0007327; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT099-06, 00-SRNP-20556, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Sendero Rincon; verbatimElevation: 430; verbatimLatitude: 10.8962; verbatimLongitude: -85.2777; decimalLatitude: 10.8962; decimalLongitude: -85.2777; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Wood; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ01; verbatimEventDate: 28-Nov-2000; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007328; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas; individualID: DHJPAR0007328; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT100-06, 00-SRNP-20740, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Camino Rio Francia; verbatimElevation: 410; verbatimLatitude: 10.9043; verbatimLongitude: -85.2865; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9043; decimalLongitude: -85.2865; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ01; verbatimEventDate: 11-Dec-2000; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007329; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Elieth Cantillano; individualID: DHJPAR0007329; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT101-06, 05-SRNP-22366, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Del Oro; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Margarita; verbatimElevation: 380; verbatimLatitude: 11.0323; verbatimLongitude: -85.4395; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 11.0323; decimalLongitude: -85.4395; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letismycerina; verbatimEventDate: 28-Jul-2005; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0045663; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Duvalier Briceno; individualID: DHJPAR0045663; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ACGAZ852-11, 11-SRNP-65874, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Brasilia; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Gallinazo; verbatimElevation: 360; verbatimLatitude: 11.0183; verbatimLongitude: -85.372; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 11.0183; decimalLongitude: -85.372; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ01; verbatimEventDate: 25-Sep-2011; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007326; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas; individualID: DHJPAR0007326; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT098-06, 00-SRNP-14698, BOLD:AAE1435; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagasimilis; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: similis; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2017; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste; verbatimLocality: Sendero Rincon; verbatimElevation: 430; verbatimLatitude: 10.8962; verbatimLongitude: -85.2777; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8962; decimalLongitude: -85.2777; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ01; verbatimEventDate: 23-Oct-2000; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen  Description Male (Fig. 25). Length: 8-12 mm. Head (Fig. 25b): vertex 1/4 of head width; two reclinate upper orbital setae; ocellar setae arising beside anterior ocellus; ocellar triangle silver, concolorous with fronto-orbital plate; fronto-orbital plate silver with a slight gold tinge over frontal setae, setulose, setulae not extending below lowest frontal seta; frontal setae extending up to base of postpedicel; parafacial silver and bare; facial ridge bare; eye densely haired; pedicel black, concolorous with postpedicel; arista brown, very minutely pubescent, distinctly thickened on basal 1/3-1/4. Thorax (Fig. 25a, c): dull brassy-grey tomentose dorsally, grey tomentose laterally; four prominent dorsal vittae, outermost two broken across suture, innermost pair unbroken across suture, extending to 3rd postsutural dorsocentral seta; postpronotum with five setae arranged in a triangle; chaetotaxy: acrostichal setae 3:3; dorsocentral setae 4:4; intra-alar setae 3:3; supra-alar setae 2:3; two katepisternal setae; lateral scutellar setae shorter than subapical setae, curving inwards medially; apical scutellar setae subequal in length to basal scutellar setae crossed apically; one pair of discal scutellar setae; scutellum black over basal 20%, remainder concolorous with scutum. Legs (Fig. 25c): black in ground colour; fore femur with dense silver tomentum on posterodorsal surface; hind coxa bare. Wing (Fig. 25a): pale translucent, hyaline, not distinctly infuscate; vein R4+5 with only 2-3 setulae at base. Abdomen (Fig. 25a, c): ground colour black; mid-dorsal depression on ST1+2 almost reaching hind margin; median marginal setae present on T3; a complete row of marginal setae present on T4; discal setae only on T5; sex patch covering ventral surfaces of T4-T5 and posterior 1/3 of T3; distinct tomentose bands along anterior edge of T3 and T4, broken medially by a dorsocentral stripe; T5 with silver tomentum covering anterior half. Terminalia (Fig. 25d, e, f): sternite 5 (Fig. 25f) with a deeply excavated median cleft, smoothly U-shaped, margins covered in dense tomentum. Lateral lobes of sternite rounded apically, with 2-3 strong setae surrounded by many shorter, weaker setulae. Anterior plate of sternite 5 from subequal to slightly longer than apical lobes; unsclerotised "window" ovoid to slightly rectangular, as wide as median cleft. Cerci in posterior view (Fig. 25d) triangular and slightly shorter than surstyli, blunt and rounded at apex, completely separate medially, appearing slightly divergent; in lateral view with a strong downward curve in apical 1/3; densely setulose along basal 2/3 dorsally, setulose ventrally along entire length (visible in lateral view). Surstylus in lateral view (Fig. 25e) almost parallel-sided along its length, ending in a slightly downcurved apex, making the structure appear blade-like; when viewed dorsally, surstyli appearing to point outwards, not strongly convergent. Pregonite short, not well-developed, 1/2 as long as distiphallus, bare and squared-off apically. Postgonite slightly narrow, 1/3 as wide as pregonite, sharply pointed and curved at apex. Distiphallus vaguely cone-shaped (could be seen as rectangular), only weakly flaring apically with a slender arrow-shaped median longitudinal sclerotised reinforcement on its posterior surface and a broad, anterolateral, apically clubbed sclerotised acrophallus on each side, joining the plate of opposite side on anterior surface near apex. Female. Length: 8-11 mm. As male, differing only by the presence of two pairs of proclinate orbital setae.  Diagnosis  Hyphantrophaga similissp. n. can be distinguished from all other Hyphantrophagaspecies by the following combination of traits: parafacial, fronto-orbital plate and ocellar triangle all silver, frontal setae extending up to base of postpedicel. Differs from its most similar congener H. niveifaciesby the colour of the wings and the presence of only two katepisternal setae.  Etymology From the Latin adjective " similis", meaning similar or resembling, in reference to its similarity to the Brazilian species H. niveifacies(Macquart, 1851).  Distribution Costa Rica, ACG, Alajuela and Guanacaste Provinces, 320-430 m elevation.  Ecology  Hyphantrophaga similissp. n. has been reared seven times from three species of Lepidopterain the family Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ01, Letis buteoDHJ02 and Letis mycerina(Cramer, 1777), in rain forest and dry-rain lowland intergrade. 2003-08-23 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ 02 CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Jose Perez Costa Rica 10.9053 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.2788 0 29553 DHJPAR 0007325 1 1 Holotype 2000-11-28 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ 01 CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas Costa Rica 10.8962 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.2777 0 29553 DHJPAR 0007327 1 1 Paratype 2000-12-11 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ 01 CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas Costa Rica 10.9043 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.2865 0 29553 DHJPAR 0007328 1 1 Paratype 2005-07-28 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letismycerina CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Elieth Cantillano Costa Rica 11.0323 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.4395 0 29553 DHJPAR 0007329 1 1 Paratype 2011-09-25 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ 01 CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Duvalier Briceno Costa Rica 11.0183 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.372 0 29553 DHJPAR 0045663 1 1 Paratype 2000-10-23 Reared from the larva of the Erebidae, Letis buteoDHJ 01 CNC, Insects D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Freyci Vargas Costa Rica 10.8962 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste -85.2777 0 29553 DHJPAR 0007326 1 1 Paratype