Vibrissina danmartini Fleming & Wood

Fleming, AJ, Wood, D. Monty, Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2017, Five new species of Vibrissina Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in Northwestern Costa Rica, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 10967-10967 : 10967

Vibrissina danmartini Fleming & Wood sp. n.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017886 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017886; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR596-07, DHJPAR0017886, 99-SRNP-9357, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017892 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017892; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR602-07, DHJPAR0017892, 99-SRNP-9255, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Nov-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017885 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017885; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR595-07, DHJPAR0017885, 99-SRNP-10233, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Parcela John Sullivan; verbatimElevation: 280; verbatimLatitude: 10.8734; verbatimLongitude: -85.6265; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8734; decimalLongitude: -85.6265; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017887 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017887; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR597-07, DHJPAR0017887, 99-SRNP-10150, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Parcela John Sullivan; verbatimElevation: 280; verbatimLatitude: 10.8734; verbatimLongitude: -85.6265; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8734; decimalLongitude: -85.6265; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017890 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017890; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR600-07, DHJPAR0017890, 99-SRNP-10015, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Santa Rosa; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Parcela John Sullivan; verbatimElevation: 280; verbatimLatitude: 10.8734; verbatimLongitude: -85.6265; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.8734; decimalLongitude: -85.6265; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017891 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017891; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR601-07, DHJPAR0017891, 99-SRNP-9302, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017889 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017889; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR599-07, DHJPAR0017889, 99-SRNP-9127, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017888 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017888; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR598-07, DHJPAR0017888, 99-SRNP-9160; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 07-Oct-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0017874 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Gusaneros; individualID: DHJPAR0017874; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASTAR584-07, DHJPAR0017874, 99-SRNP-9604, BOLD:ABY9311; Taxon: scientificName: Vibrissinadanmartini; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Vibrissina; specificEpithet: danmartini; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2016; 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: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Argid sawfly, Durgoamattogrossensis; verbatimEventDate: 15-Jul-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen

Description

Male (Fig. 3a, b, c). Length: 6-7mm. Head (Fig. 3b): parafrontal, parafacial and postorbit golden yellow tomentose; face, gena, and postgena silver tomentose; antenna black-brown; arista reddish brown; gena 0.2X eye height; 3 reclinate orbital bristles; frontal bristles not extending beyond lower level of pedicel; first flagellomere short of facial margin by length of pedicel. Thorax (Fig. 3a, c): dorsum gold tomentose with 4 distinct vittae visible presuturally, postsuturally all blurred together into a black smudge, giving the thorax a very dark overall appearance; scutellum glabrous black except at apex, where it bears a light gold tinge; anepisternum and anepimeron gold tomentose with silver margins (anepimeron only very slightly gold); katepisternum gold along dorsal edge but overall silver-gray tomentose; 3 strong katepisternal bristles; 2 short pairs of discal scutellar bristles; apical scutellars weak and strongly divergent. Legs: dark brown, tibiae with a light brown-reddish tinge under certain angles of light. Wings: smoky gray, bearing 2-3 short setulae dorsally at the base of R4+5. Abdomen (Fig. 3a): ground color of abdomen light brown laterally, dark brown-black dorsally; ST1+2 all black, mid-dorsal depression extending halfway to margin of syntergite; anterior margin of T3, T4 and T5 bearing gold tomentum over less than 1/3 of tergal surface; ST1+2 and T3 each with 1 pair of median marginal bristles; T3 and T4 each with 3 pairs of median discal bristles; T4 and T5 each bearing 1 complete row of marginal bristles; T5 bearing 2 rows of discal bristles. Terminalia (Fig. 4): sternite 5 with two prominent rounded lobes, flanking a wide U-shaped median cleft; posterior lobes 0.61X length of anterior plate; inner margin covered in dense tomentum appearing darker than surrounding cuticle; posterior lobes bearing short stout bristles throughout; anterior plate bare, wider than posterior lobes; cerci subtriangular in dorsal view, 1.38X as long as wide, separated along entire length; in lateral view cerci dorsally straight, apically pointed and with a rounded ventral edge giving it a knife-like appearance; surstylus, in lateral view, weakly constricted at midpoint, giving it a leaf-like appearance; postgonite parallel-sided and rounded at tip when viewed laterally, entire structure bent midway at a rounded 90 degree angle, giving it a rounded L-shaped appearance, with a small, apically flattened anterobasal heel bearing few minute cilia; ventral sclerite of distiphallus elongate and linear; membranous acrophallus terminating in a small downward-curved apical hook, visible laterally.

Female (Fig. 3d, e, f). Length: 5-6mm. As male, with the exception of the following characters: thorax: dorsum of thorax and scutellum almost entirely gold tinged with no scutellar discals; thoracic vittae distinct both pre- and postsuturally; ventral katepisternal bristle very reduced compared to the other two. Abdomen: black ground color over its entirety; brassy tomentum along anterior 1/2 of tergites T3, T4, and T5; ventrolaterally flattened; no visible discal bristles on any segment; 1 pair of reduced marginal bristles on ST1+2 and T3; T4 and T5 each with 1 row of marginal bristles; mid-ventral portion of T3-T5 with a row of strong stout spines.

Diagnosis

Vibrissina danmartini sp. n. can be differentiated from its congeners by the combination of the following traits: parafacial and parafrontal gold with parafacial haired; outer thoracic vittae reduced presuturally, not extending to suture, postsuturally also weak; ST1+2, T3, and 50% of T4 bearing orange ground color lateroventrally; abdominal tomentum extending over 60% of tergites T3, T4, and T5, with tomentum broken up by a dorsocentral dark stripe; in females, abdominal tomentum brassy-gold; marginal bristles reduced on ST1+2 and T3, rows of marginal bristles on T4 and T5.

Etymology

Vibrissina danmartini sp. n. is dedicated to Mr. Dan Martin, now of Washington, D.C., formerly of Chicago, Illinois, in recognition of his administrative and philanthropic support of the biodiversity development concept that gave birth in 1989 to the INBio national biodiversity inventory collections, now part of Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, and his decades of steadfast support for the protection of tropical biodiversity in general, and specifically that of Costa Rica.

Distribution

Costa Rica, ACG, Prov. Guanacaste, dry forest, between 280-295m.

Ecology

Hosts: reared 37 times from larvae of the sawfly Durgoa mattogrossensis Malaise ( Argidae ), which feed on the leaves of Bauhinia ungulata L. ( Fabaceae ).