Hyphantrophaga adrianguadamuzi Fleming & Wood

Fleming, AJ, Wood, D. Monty, Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2019, Twenty-two new species in the genus Hyphantrophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, with a key to the species of Mesoamerica, Biodiversity Data Journal 7, pp. 29553-29553 : 29553

Hyphantrophaga adrianguadamuzi Fleming & Wood sp. n.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0007297 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, & Ruth Franco; individualID: DHJPAR0007297; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAT069-06,04-SRNP-13432, BOLD:ABZ0529; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagaadrianguadamuzi; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: adrianguadamuzi; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Area Administrativa; verbatimElevation: 295; verbatimLatitude: 10.8376; verbatimLongitude: -85.6187; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8376; decimalLongitude: -85.6187; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Pyralidae, Paridnea holophaealisDHJ02; verbatimEventDate: 07-Sep-2004; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0037527 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, & Guillermo Pereira; individualID: DHJPAR0037527; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYC4272-10,09-SRNP-14043, BOLD:ABZ0529; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagaadrianguadamuzi; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: adrianguadamuzi; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Camino Borrachos; verbatimElevation: 295; verbatimLatitude: 10.8429; verbatimLongitude: -85.6161; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8429; decimalLongitude: -85.6161; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Pyralidae, Paridnea holophaealis; verbatimEventDate: 06-Aug-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0035662 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, & Jose Cortez; individualID: DHJPAR0035662; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYD1043-09,09-SRNP-56575, BOLD:ABZ0529; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagaadrianguadamuzi; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: adrianguadamuzi; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Mundo Nuevo; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Camino Pozo Tres; verbatimElevation: 733; verbatimLatitude: 10.7708; verbatimLongitude: -85.3742; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.7708; decimalLongitude: -85.3742; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Pyralidae, Paridnea holophaealis; verbatimEventDate: 16-Aug-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0035660 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, & Johan Vargas; individualID: DHJPAR0035660; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYD1041-09,09-SRNP-14511, BOLD:ABZ0529; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagaadrianguadamuzi; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: adrianguadamuzi; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Area Administrativa; verbatimElevation: 295; verbatimLatitude: 10.8376; verbatimLongitude: -85.6187; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8376; decimalLongitude: -85.6187; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Pyralidae, Paridnea holophaealis; verbatimEventDate: 29-Aug-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0046407 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, & Guillermo Pereira; individualID: DHJPAR0046407; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ACGBA580-12,11-SRNP-14585, BOLD:ABZ0529; Taxon: scientificName: Hyphantrophagaadrianguadamuzi; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Hyphantrophaga; specificEpithet: adrianguadamuzi; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Area Administrativa; verbatimElevation: 295; verbatimLatitude: 10.8376; verbatimLongitude: -85.6187; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8376; decimalLongitude: -85.6187; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Pyralidae, Paridnea holophaealis; verbatimEventDate: 24-Nov-2011; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen

Description

Male (Fig. 2). Length: 7-8 mm. Head (Fig. 2b): vertex 1/4 of head width; two reclinate upper orbital setae; ocellar setae arising behind anterior ocellus; ocellar triangle with a very slight gold tinge compared to rest of fronto-orbital plate; fronto-orbital plate shiny silver and setulose, setulae not extending below lowest frontal seta; parafacial bare and shiny silver; facial ridge bare; eye densely haired; pedicel black, concolorous with postpedicel; arista distinctly thickened on basal 1/3-1/4; palpus light brown basally, apically orange, haired throughout. Thorax (Fig. 2a, c): brassy tomentose dorsally, contrasting with silver grey laterally; four thin yet prominent dorsal vittae, outermost two broken across suture, innermost pair unbroken, not reaching beyond 2nd postsutural dorsocentral seta; postpronotum with three setae arranged in a triangle; chaetotaxy: acrostichal setae 3:3; dorsocentral setae 3:4; intra-alar setae 2:3; supra-alar setae 2:3; two katepisternal setae; basal scutellar setae subequal in length to lateral scutellar setae; subapical scutellar setae strongest and longest of marginal scutellar setae, strongly divergent; apical scutellar setae 1/3 of length of basal scutellar setae crossed apically; one pair of discal scutellar setae set as widely apart as subapical scutellar setae; scutellum concolorous with scutum. Legs (Fig. 2c): black in ground colour with dense covering of black hairs, making them appear darker; fore femur with dense silver tomentum on posterodorsal surface; hind coxa setose. Wing (Fig. 2a): hyaline, very slightly infuscate at base; vein R4+5 with two setulae at base. Abdomen (Fig. 2a, c): ground colour light brown; middorsal depression on ST1+2 not reaching hind margin; median marginal setae present on ST1+2-T3; a complete row of marginal setae present on T4 and T5; discal setae present on T3-T5; sex patch absent; distinct tomentose bands along anterior 4/5 of T3-T5. Terminalia (Fig. 2d, e, f): anterior edge of sternite 5 (Fig. 2f) with a deeply curved medial depression, posterior margin with a deep median cleft, smoothly U-shaped. Anterior plate of sternite 5 subequal to length of apical lobes; unsclerotised "window" ovoid to slightly rectangular, as wide as median cleft. Lateral lobe of sternite slightly pointed apically and with many short setae of equal length. Anterior plate of sternite 5 shorter than apical lobes. Cerci in posterior view (Fig. 2d) triangular with external edges inwardly wedged, slightly shorter than surstyli, blunt and rounded off towards apex, completely separate medially, diverging slightly at tips; in lateral view with a strong, almost 90 degree bend 1/5 along their length. Surstylus in lateral view (Fig. 2e) almost parallel-sided along its length, ending in a slightly downcurved apex, making the structure appear fingerlike; basal half twice as wide as apical half; surstylus appearing fused with epandrium. Surstyli when viewed dorsally strongly divergent and wide open. Pregonite well-developed, 1/2 as long as distiphallus, squared off, ending in a trumpet-like, flared apex. Postgonite elongate and slender, horn-shaped, subequal in length to pregonite, slightly narrowed towards apex, not strongly curved. Distiphallus sail-shaped, apically flared, with a slender median longitudinal sclerotised reinforcement on its posterior surface and a broad, anterolateral, sclerotised acrophallus on each side, joining the plate of opposite side on anterior surface near apex.

Female. Length: 6-9 mm. As male, differing only by the presence of two pairs of proclinate orbital setae.

Diagnosis

Hyphantrophaga adrianguadamuzi sp. n. can be distinguished from all other Hyphantrophaga species by the following combination of traits: pedicel black (concolorous with postpedicel), palpus brown basally and orange apically, two katepisternal setae, hind coxa setose, colouration of T5 matching rest of tergites, median marginal setae absent on ST1+2 and discal setae present on T3-T5.

Etymology

Hyphantrophaga adrianguadamuzi sp. n. is named in recognition of Adrian Guadamuz Chavarría's dedication and work in finding and rearing the ACG caterpillars that contained tachinid larvae.

Distribution

Costa Rica, ACG, Guanacaste Province, 295-733 m elevation.

Ecology

Hyphantrophaga adrianguadamuzi sp. n. has been reared five times from one species of Lepidoptera in the family Pyralidae , Paridnea holophealis Ragonot, 1892, in dry forest and dry-rain lowland intergrade.