The Apanteles adelinamoralesae species group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species reared from fruit borers (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae)
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Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio
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Giacomelli, Arthuro De Castro Stolf
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Fernández-Triana, José L.
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Watanabe, Isabela Midori
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Santos, Eliaber Barros
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Santos, Jakeline Maria Dos
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Fazolin, Wilian Xavier
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Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria
0000-0002-8371-5591
angelica@ufscar.br
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-02
5277
2
339
362
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.5
1175-5326
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Apanteles yolandarojasae
Fernández-Triana 2014
(
Figure 13
)
Material examined
:
3 females
, “
30.iv.1966
—San Pablo,
Brasil
.
Travassos Filho
col. S./
Stenomatidae
.
Apanteles stenomae
Muesebeck Det. De Santis
” (
MZSP 56548
,
56549
,
56550
)
.
2 males
, same data except "
25.iv.1966
" (
MZSP 56551
,
56552
)
FIGURE 13.
Apanteles yolandarojasae
(MZUSP)
. A, Habitus, lateral view; B, Habitus, dorsal view.
Biology
. In
Costa Rica
, the species has been reared as a gregarious parasitoid in
Depressariidae
(
Stenomatinae
)—
Antaeotricha
spp.
and
Gonioterma latipennis
. Brazilian specimens are possibly gregarious in
Gonioterma chlorina
Kearfott, 1911
and
G. exquisita
Duckworth, 1964
(
Depressariidae
,
Stenomatinae
) (
De Santis, 1967
).
Comments
. After examination of the specimens identified by Luiz
De Santis (1967)
, we conclude that the correct identity of the specimens is
A. yolandarojasae
, instead of
A. stenomae
.
Most evidently,
A. yolandarojasae
has a shorter ovipositor, with sheaths about as long as metatibia, as compared to a longer ovipositor in
A. stenomae
,
with sheaths at least 1.3 × longer than metatibia, and the posterior width of T2 about 4.0 × its mid-length, compared to 2.5 × in
A. stenomae
.
Both species’ main hosts are
Stenomatinae
, but hosts of
A. yolandarojasae
do not include
Stenoma
,
the only known host for
A. stenomae
.
There is not enough information in the literature to ascertain whether
A. stenomae
is a gregarious species, precluding us from using this information to further differentiate these two species. In conclusion, the only known record for
A. stenomae
in
Brazil
is not accurate, and the specimens should be treated as
A. yolandarojasae
.
The correct placement of
A. stenomae
in the species groups proposed by
Fernández-Triana
et al.
(2014)
is uncertain. Although placement in
adelinamoralesae
is not discarded, the shape of T2, 2.5 × wider than long, is outside the range observed for the group. The specimens of
A. yolandarojasae
from
Brazil
, are very similar to the Costa Rican type specimens.However, the mesoscutellar disc is rugose marginally, whereas, in the
holotype
specimen, the disc is mostly smooth with punctured margins.