<documentid="F6EF0B53B70698E85774E58574D09668"ID-CLB-Dataset="27662"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9"ID-GBIF-Dataset="ebb03d23-8864-4337-b1bf-7f593f687628"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="2618439"ID-ZooBank="3DE4D618-BDD7-4978-9ED4-E3CFC4405F83"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1553929764284"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo & Del-Claro, Kleber"docDate="2019"docId="03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.4544.3.9.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4544 (3)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Cotesia itororensis Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro 2019, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="9"lastPageNumber="443"masterDocId="FFAF7A41FFB1FFF8FFC4FFBDFF87F40F"masterDocTitle="Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach"masterLastPageNumber="445"masterPageNumber="437"pageNumber="439"updateTime="1732907970216"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="DE6CDD865C37D4FC6BB20BC3925B48C3">Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach</mods:title>
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, numbers
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and
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Antennae approximately as long as the body (head to apex of metasoma); coxae black, legs mostly honey-yellow, metasoma mostly black except pale in laterotergites; mesoscutum with distinct dense punctures, becoming smooth posteriorly anterior to scutoscutellar sulcus; wings partially pigmented with a few veins dark, but most pale; pterostigma dark greyish brown, with indistinct paler junction with C+SC; propodeum with more or less complete, but anteriorly weak medial longitudinal carina; the first tergite of metasoma rounded towards posterior margin; second tergite of metasoma almost twice as wide posteriorly as anteriorly; tergites of metasoma mostly smooth, weakly sculptured; ovipositor shorter, about one-third the length of the metasoma or hind tibia; solitary habit recorded so far from
; cocoon yellow. The above combination of characters is sufficient to separate
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for the Neotropical region. A detailed diagnosis one-to-one is provided below to distinguish
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<figureCitationid="1304AFAAFFB3FFFAFE7BFCF8FD83F751"box="[447,516,837,862]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]"captionTargetBox="[177,1416,753,1885]"captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,733,1907]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="FIGURE 2. (a) Lateral habitus of Cotesia itororensis (Braconidae) female, (b) Lateral habitus of C. itororensis male, (c) frontal view of head of C. itororensis female, (d) dorsal view of head of C. itororensis female, (e) mesosoma and tergites of C. itororensis female, (f) wings of C. itororensis female, and (g) lateral view of posterior end of metasoma of C. itororensis female, showing hypopygium and ovipositor sheaths"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618443/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="439">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Body color: body mostly black except pale, almost whitish palpi, most of all legs distal to coxae, and laterotergites of metasoma. Antenna color: scape, pedicel and flagellum dark brown/black. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): black. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemora): honey-yellow. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibiae): honey-yellow, with slight darkening dorsally at distal end of metatabiae. Tegulae color: dark brown translucent. Pterostigma color: dark greyish brown, with indistinct paler junction with C+SC. Fore wings color: partially pigmented (a few veins may be dark but most pale). Antenna length/body length: antenna approximately as long as body (head to apex of metasoma). Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorsoventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.0–
. Ocular-ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter 1.7–1.9. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.1–2.3. Antennal flagellomere 2 length-width: 2.9–3.1. Antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 1.4–1.6. Length of flagellomere 2/ length of flagellomere 14: 2.2–2.3. Tarsal claws: simple, within single basal spine-like seta. Metafemur length/ width 3.2–3.3. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: roughly 0.5. Anteromesoscutum: anteriorly with distinct dense punctures, becoming smooth posteriorly anterior to scutoscutellar sulcus. Mesoscutellar disc: sparsely and finely but distinctly punctured; microsculpture producing satiny reflections. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 8–10. Propodeum carina: with more or less complete but anteriorly weak medial longitudinal carina. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly very finely rugulose, almost smooth in spots. Mediotergite 1 length/width at widest point: 1.1–1.3. Mediotergite 1 shape: slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7 of mediotergite length (widest point), then rounding towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly smooth and shining with very vague sculpturing ventrally, posterolateral portions with widely scattered punctures. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.1–2.3, almost twice as wide posteriorly as anteriorly. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth and raised centrally, very weakly sculptured otherwise. Hypopygium: evenly sclerotized but folded medially, posteriorly forming a strongly obtuse angle in lateral view. Ovipositor thickness: tapering gradually to tip. Ovipositor sheaths: short, exposed portions less than 1/3 of hind tibia length. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.1–1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.9–1.0. Pterostigma length/ width 2.0–2.2. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: just beyond half way point of pterostigma length. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: perpendicular. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in forewing: r weakly arched, junction distinctly but not strongly angled.
<figureCitationid="1304AFAAFFB3FFFAFED4F8ACFED2F325"box="[272,341,1809,1834]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]"captionTargetBox="[177,1416,753,1885]"captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,733,1907]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="FIGURE 2. (a) Lateral habitus of Cotesia itororensis (Braconidae) female, (b) Lateral habitus of C. itororensis male, (c) frontal view of head of C. itororensis female, (d) dorsal view of head of C. itororensis female, (e) mesosoma and tergites of C. itororensis female, (f) wings of C. itororensis female, and (g) lateral view of posterior end of metasoma of C. itororensis female, showing hypopygium and ovipositor sheaths"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618443/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="439">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). As female, but with darker distal patch on distal portions of hind tibiae and hind tarsi.
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, occurs throughout the year, mainly in the dry season (May–September). It is possible that caterpillars avoid parasitism occurring at highest abundance in a temporal enemy-free space (
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). Indeed, the rate of parasitism was low, representing 10.5% (22) of the caterpillars sampled during four years. Parasitism occurs between the first and second larval instar of
. Parasitized caterpillars have swollen bodies in the posterior half (
<figureCitationid="1304AFAAFFB2FFFBFC66FF62FC7EF4F7"box="[930,1017,223,248]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="5.[151,250,1892,1914]"captionTargetBox="[168,1417,1146,1850]"captionTargetId="figure@5.[150,1436,1129,1870]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURE 3. (a) Parasitized larva of Oospila pallidaria (Geometridae) in the fourth instar, with a swollen body in the posterior half, (b) parasitized larva in the abaxial side of the leaf, and (c) dead larva and yellow cocoon of Cotesia itororensis (Braconidae)"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618445/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="440">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
), mainly in the fourth instar, when parasitoid larvae are completely developed. At this time,
<figureCitationid="1304AFAAFFB2FFFBFA87FEB9FA13F512"box="[1347,1428,260,285]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="5.[151,250,1892,1914]"captionTargetBox="[168,1417,1146,1850]"captionTargetId="figure@5.[150,1436,1129,1870]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURE 3. (a) Parasitized larva of Oospila pallidaria (Geometridae) in the fourth instar, with a swollen body in the posterior half, (b) parasitized larva in the abaxial side of the leaf, and (c) dead larva and yellow cocoon of Cotesia itororensis (Braconidae)"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618445/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="440">Fig. 3b</figureCitation>
) and then
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<figureCitationid="1304AFAAFFB2FFFBFC6CFE9AFC7EF54F"box="[936,1017,295,320]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="5.[151,250,1892,1914]"captionTargetBox="[168,1417,1146,1850]"captionTargetId="figure@5.[150,1436,1129,1870]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURE 3. (a) Parasitized larva of Oospila pallidaria (Geometridae) in the fourth instar, with a swollen body in the posterior half, (b) parasitized larva in the abaxial side of the leaf, and (c) dead larva and yellow cocoon of Cotesia itororensis (Braconidae)"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618445/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="440">Fig. 3c</figureCitation>
), builds a yellow cocoon and pupates for three days.
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probably changes host behavior because moving to the adaxial side of leaves is an uncommon behavior for healthy caterpillars (BSL, pers. obs.). It is possible this behavior decreases vulnerability to desiccation and/or enemies in open areas where host plants and caterpillars are found by wasps.
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previously recorded from the Neotropical region individually differs from
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female, and (g) lateral view of posterior end of metasoma of
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFEACFF2AFDAEF4BF"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[360,553,151,176]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
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has the metasoma bright yellow on sides and underneath on basal half, and its metasoma is also rather stout, almost as broad as mesosoma (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFCBBFF06FBCEF4DB"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[895,1097,187,212]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFAA4FEBEFF7FF530"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
has antennae pale testaceous, tinged with fuscous above, the base beneath yellowish, and metasoma entirely orange-yellow (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFCE6FED2FC47F588"author="Cresson, E. T."box="[802,960,366,391]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="1 - 200"refId="ref5197"refString="Cresson, E. T. (1865) On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4, 1 - 200."type="journal article"year="1865">Cresson 1865</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
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(Brѐthes 1916) has the mediotergite 2 a transverse rectangle shape, rough, slightly elevated in its middle longitudinally (Brѐthes 1916); whereas
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFB92FD6EFB78F6E3"author="Gilmore, J. U."box="[1110,1279,723,748]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="712 - 715"refId="ref5442"refString="Gilmore, J. U. (1938) Notes on Apanteles congregatus (Say) as a parasite of tobacco hornworms. Journal of Economic Entomology, 31, 712 - 715. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jee / 31.6.712"type="journal article"year="1938">Gilmore 1938</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFDB9FC82FCA6F758"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[637,801,830,855]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFE66FCDFFDC1F774"author="Viereck, H. L."box="[418,582,866,891]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="139 - 153"refId="ref6955"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1912) Description of five new genera and twenty six new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 42, 139 - 153. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1888.139"type="journal article"year="1912">Viereck 1912</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has hind femora blackish-brown, pterostigma black, and metasoma compressed and black (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFE5AFC3BFDBDF790"author="Viereck, H. L."box="[414,570,902,927]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="139 - 153"refId="ref6955"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1912) Description of five new genera and twenty six new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 42, 139 - 153. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1888.139"type="journal article"year="1912">Viereck 1912</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFD76FC3AFCCCF791"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[690,843,903,926]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
has the hind femora yellow-honey, pterostigma dark greyish brown, with indistinct paler junction with C+SC, and metasoma compressed, but blackish with laterotergites pale.
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFB41FC73FAAEF7E9"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[1157,1321,973,998]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFE67FC4CFDBAF005"author="Viereck, H. L."box="[419,573,1009,1034]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="555 - 568"refId="ref7003"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1913) Description of ten new genera and twenty-three new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 555 - 568. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1968.555"type="journal article"year="1913">Viereck 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has legs and tegulae mostly stramineous, including the fore and mid coxae rather reddish, and first and second metasomal segments rugulose (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFC48FBA8FBAEF021"author="Viereck, H. L."box="[908,1065,1045,1070]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="555 - 568"refId="ref7003"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1913) Description of ten new genera and twenty-three new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 555 - 568. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1968.555"type="journal article"year="1913">Viereck 1913</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFB65FBABFABDF022"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[1185,1338,1046,1069]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFAA4FBE0FF7FF096"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
species group, has short antennae (much shorter than body length, usually not surpassing the length of head and mesosoma) (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFB7BFB7AFA10F0EF"author="Fiaboe, K. K. M. & Fernandez-Triana, J. L. & Nyamu, F. W. & Agbodzavu, K. M."box="[1215,1431,1223,1248]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="49 - 64"refId="ref5359"refString="Fiaboe, K. K. M., Fernandez-Triana, J. L., Nyamu, F. W. & Agbodzavu, K. M. (2017) Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 61, 49 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 61.21015"type="journal article"year="2017">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFF53FB56FEE1F10B"author="Kaiser, L. & Fernandez-Triana, J. & Capdevielle-Dulac, C. & Chantre, C. & Bodet, M. & Kaoula, F. & Benoist, R. & Calatayud, P. A. & Dupas, S. & Herniou, E. A. & Jennette, R. & Obonyo, J. & Silvain, J. F. & Ru, B. L."box="[151,358,1259,1284]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="105 - 136"refId="ref5754"refString="Kaiser, L., Fernandez-Triana, J., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Chantre, C., Bodet, M., Kaoula, F., Benoist, R., Calatayud, P. A., Dupas, S., Herniou, E. A., Jennette, R., Obonyo, J., Silvain, J. F. & Ru, B. L. (2017) Systematics and biology of Cotesia typhae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a potential biological control agent against the noctuid Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides. Zookeys, 682, 105 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 682.13016"type="journal article"year="2017">
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFD52FB51FCA8F10B"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[662,815,1260,1284]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
group also show a much more highly elongate and flattened body shape than
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFA46FAADFE89F144"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFC5BFA89FBB1F144"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[927,1078,1332,1355]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<collectingCountryid="F328F3BFFFB5FFFCFDBEFAC7FCD5F19C"box="[634,850,1402,1427]"name="Trinidad and Tobago"pageId="4"pageNumber="441">Trinidad & Tobago</collectingCountry>
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFBCDFAC6FB2AF19C"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[1033,1197,1402,1427]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
has the plate of the first abdominal segment about two and one-half times as long as wide (=rectangular shape) (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFD9EFA7FFC8BF1D4"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[602,780,1474,1499]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="169 - 201"refId="ref4938"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1906) Descriptions of new Hymenoptera from Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 30, 169 - 201. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.30 - 1448.169"type="journal article"year="1906">Ashmead 1906</bibRefCitation>
), whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFC48FA7EFBA0F1D5"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[908,1063,1475,1498]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFABFF993FE97F265"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFE41F9C9FDCFF282"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[389,584,1652,1677]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has the disc of scutellum large, convex, sculptured like mesoscutum, first metasomal tergite entirely finely rugulose, and hind femora black (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFC57F925FBDEF2BE"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[915,1113,1688,1713]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFB10F924FAEAF2BF"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[1236,1389,1689,1712]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFE11F895FDF6F34F"author="Cresson, E. T."box="[469,625,1831,1856]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="1 - 200"refId="ref5197"refString="Cresson, E. T. (1865) On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4, 1 - 200."type="journal article"year="1865">Cresson 1865</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has hind coxae pale reddish or stramineous and wings hyaline (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFA84F895FF54F36B"author="Cresson, E. T."pageId="4"pageNumber="441"pagination="1 - 200"refId="ref5197"refString="Cresson, E. T. (1865) On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4, 1 - 200."type="journal article"year="1865">Cresson 1865</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB5FFFCFE89F8F1FE60F36C"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[333,487,1868,1891]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFBA5F82EFA82F3A4"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[1121,1285,1938,1963]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFD2CF867FC37F3FC"author="Costa-Lima, A. M."box="[744,944,2010,2035]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref5153"refString="Costa-Lima, A. M. (1950) Insetos do Brasil. 6 º tomo. Lepidopteros. 2 ª parte. Serie didatica. Numero 8. Capitulo 28. Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro, 420 pp."type="book"year="1950">Costa-Lima 1950</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB5FFFCFC78F866FBD9F3FC"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[956,1118,2010,2035]"pageId="4"pageNumber="441"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE1EFF2AFDF4F4BF"author="Viereck, H. L."box="[474,627,151,176]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="555 - 568"refId="ref7003"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1913) Description of ten new genera and twenty-three new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 555 - 568. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1968.555"type="journal article"year="1913">Viereck 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has propodeum without a distinct median, longitudinal carina (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFA87FF2AFF54F4DB"author="Viereck, H. L."pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="555 - 568"refId="ref7003"refString="Viereck, H. L. (1913) Description of ten new genera and twenty-three new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 555 - 568. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1968.555"type="journal article"year="1913">Viereck 1913</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB4FFFDFE91FF00FE75F4DB"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[341,498,189,212]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE24FEB9FD03F512"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[480,644,260,285]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE65FE9AFDE4F54F"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[417,611,295,320]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has pro-, meso- and metacoxae piceous, yellow, and black, respectively, and mesoscutum rather uniformly punctate (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFD6FFEF1FCF0F56A"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[683,887,332,357]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB4FFFDFC38FEF0FB1CF56B"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[1020,1179,333,356]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE87FE0AFD80F5DF"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[323,519,439,464]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFDD6FE05FD33F5DF"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[530,692,439,464]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
has, apparently, metasoma more compressed anteroposteriorly than
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB4FFFDFA46FE60FE89F617"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFBB4FD99FA94F632"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[1136,1299,548,573]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE63FDFAFDDFF66F"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[423,600,583,608]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="207 - 367"refId="ref4882"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1900) Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the island of St. Vicent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1900, 207 - 367."type="journal article"year="1900">Ashmead 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has ovipositor about two-thirds the length of the metasoma, and first metasomal tergite a little more than twice as long as wide, with sides parallel (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFB89FDD1FA86F68B"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[1101,1281,620,645]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="207 - 367"refId="ref4882"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1900) Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the island of St. Vicent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1900, 207 - 367."type="journal article"year="1900">Ashmead 1900</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB4FFFDFA46FDD0FE89F6A7"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
has ovipositor shorter, about one-third the length of the metasoma, and first metasomal tergite as long as wide, with slight widening from anterior margin to 0.7 of mediotergite length (widest point), then becoming rounder towards posterior margin.
<collectingCountryid="F328F3BFFFB4FFFDFBFBFD6AFB51F6FF"box="[1087,1238,727,752]"name="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"pageId="5"pageNumber="442">Saint Vincent</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFB21FD65FA0EF6FF"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[1253,1417,727,752]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE5AFD41FDEFF71B"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[414,616,764,789]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="483 - 576"refId="ref6075"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1921) A revision of the North American species of ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 58, 483 - 576. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.2349.483"type="journal article"year="1921">Muesebeck 1921</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has the first metasomal tergite rugulose-punctate, and the second metasomal tergite broad, almost rectangular (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFD50FCA2FCDDF737"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[660,858,799,824]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="483 - 576"refId="ref6075"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1921) A revision of the North American species of ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 58, 483 - 576. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.2349.483"type="journal article"year="1921">Muesebeck 1921</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB4FFFDFC16FC9DFBEDF737"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[978,1130,800,824]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFE83FC31FE6CF7AA"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[327,491,908,933]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB4FFFDFCB2FC0DFBA5F7C7"author="Cameron, P."box="[886,1058,944,968]"pageId="5"pageNumber="442"pagination="333 - 346"refId="ref5073"refString="Cameron, P. (1911) On a collection of parasitic Hymenoptera (chiefly bred) made by Mr. W. W. Froggatt, F. L. S., in New South Wales, with description of new genera and species. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 36, 333 - 346. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 21902"type="journal article"year="1911">Cameron 1911</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
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<collectingCountryid="F328F3BFFFB4FFFDFB00FC4AFA1AF01F"box="[1220,1437,1015,1040]"name="Trinidad and Tobago"pageId="5"pageNumber="442">Trinidad & Tobago</collectingCountry>
(
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in the fourth instar, with a swollen body in the posterior half, (b) parasitized larva in the abaxial side of the leaf, and (c) dead larva and yellow cocoon of
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFEBCFF2AFDBCF4BF"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[376,571,151,176]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
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has mesoscutum uniformly covered with distinct, separated punctures, and tegulae and wing bases yellow (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFE3AFF01FD44F4DA"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[510,707,188,213]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB7FFFEFCFFFF00FC54F4DB"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[827,979,189,212]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
has mesoscutum anteriorly with distinct dense punctures, becoming smooth posteriorly, and tegulae dark brown translucent, and wings with few veins dark, but most pale.
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFB7CFE9AFAFAF54F"author="Muesebeck, CF"box="[1208,1405,295,320]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="405 - 461"refId="ref6125"refString="Muesebeck, CF. W. (1958) New Neotropical wasps of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 107, 405 - 461. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3389.405"type="journal article"year="1958">Muesebeck 1958</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFE41FEF1FD82F56B"author="Riley, C. V."box="[389,517,332,357]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="296 - 315"refId="ref6295"refString="Riley, C. V. (1881) Notes on North American Microgasters, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4, 296 - 315."type="journal article"year="1881">Riley 1881</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
female has antennae much shorter than the body (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFB8DFEF1FB4BF56B"author="Riley, C. V."box="[1097,1228,332,357]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="296 - 315"refId="ref6295"refString="Riley, C. V. (1881) Notes on North American Microgasters, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4, 296 - 315."type="journal article"year="1881">Riley 1881</bibRefCitation>
); whereas females of
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFCC3FE29FC2CF5A2"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[775,939,404,429]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
has femora mostly yellowish/orangish, sometimes darker at base or tip, hind coxae mostly dark brown to black, apically slightly paler and first metasomal tergite mostly rugose-punctate in basal third (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFEE5FE42FE20F617"author="Shaw, M. R."box="[289,423,511,536]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"pagination="187 - 189"refId="ref6506"refString="Shaw, M. R. (2003) Revised synonymy in the genus Cotesia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the identity of Microgaster vestalis Haliday, 1834, as a senior synonym of Apanteles plutellae Kurdjumov, 1912. Entomologist's Gazette, 54, 187 - 189."type="journal article"year="2003">Shaw 2003</bibRefCitation>
); whereas
<taxonomicNameid="4C3FC8ACFFB7FFFEFDE0FDBDFD39F617"authorityName="Sousa-Lopes & Whitfield & Salgado-Neto & Del-Claro"authorityYear="2019"box="[548,702,512,536]"class="Insecta"family="Braconidae"genus="Cotesia"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itororensis">
<bibRefCitationid="EFAECEDEFFB7FFFEFC43FDD1FBACF68A"author="Yu, D. S. K. & Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K."box="[903,1067,620,645]"pageId="6"pageNumber="443"refId="ref7205"refString="Yu, D. S. K., Van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Ottawa, Ontario. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 11 December 2018)"type="url"year="2016">
