Cuterebra yanayacui, Letana & Mengual & Pape, 2024

Letana, Socrates, Mengual, Ximo & Pape, Thomas, 2024, A new bot fly species of Cuterebra (Diptera: Oestridae) from Ecuador, Zootaxa 5437 (3), pp. 413-423 : 415

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B2308D7A-FEF9-4B7C-BAFE-7486CFA64617
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10985077
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9BE7CBDE-E324-4E2E-AD55-0150CD72DBF7
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2024-04-17 09:13:00, last updated 2024-11-27 13:23:35)
scientific name	Cuterebra yanayacui
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cuterebra yanayacui sp. nov.

Figs. 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 .

Examined material. Holotype, male: “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov., Yanayacu // Biological Station, Rock trail, // 00°35ʹ33.63ʹʹ S 77°53ʹ16.22ʹʹ W, // 2190 m., 31.viii.2019. // Leg.: X. Mengual ” “DNA voucher specimen // ZFMK, Lab code // D467 // Bonn, Germany” “HOLOTYPE // Cuterebra // yanayacui // Letana, Mengual, Pape [handwritten]” “ZFMK-DIP-00100559 [QR code]” [ INABIO] GoogleMaps . Paratype, male: “[QR code] INHS Insect // Collection / 1027126” “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. // Yanayacu Biological Sta. // S 00°35.9ʹ W 77°53.4ʹ // 2163 m 5-12-VI-2006 ”/ “ J. B. Whitfield // J. J. Rodriguez // D. C. Arias-Penna // C. Grinter // collactors [sic]” “PARATYPE // Cuterebra // yanayacui // Letana, Mengual & Pape [handwritten]”. Bottom card: Large portion of left wing, tip of right wing, 3 tarsomeres of right foreleg, tergite 5 (glued using Gelva) [ INHS] GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Large and densely setose species, with fumose wings (darker at the base). Distinguished from other species of Cuterebra Clark by black setose habitus with slightly raised concave facial carina gently increasing towards antennal base, golden yellow tuft on posterior anepisternum, and abdominal tergites 3–5 golden yellow setose.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cuterebra yanayacui, sp. nov., holotype ♁ (ECUADOR; INABIO). A–B. Habitus (scale bar: 2 mm): A. Lateral view, B. Dorsal view; C. Head, frontal aspect (scale bar: 1 mm); D. Data labels.

FIGURE 2. Cuterebra yanayacui, sp. nov., paratype ♁ (ECUADOR; INHS).A–B. Habitus:A. Lateral view (scale bar: 5 mm), B. Live image, perched on a fern frond (photo: J. Whitfield).