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Meteorus desmiae Zitani 1998

  • 1. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, km 235, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. almeidalfvd @ gmail. com (L. F. V. A); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4051 - 1756 angelica @ ufscar. br (A. M. P. D); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8371 - 5591
  • 2. Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. braconid @ uwyo. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5024 - 4594
  • 3. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, km 235, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. almeidalfvd @ gmail. com (L. F. V. A); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4051 - 1756 angelica @ ufscar. br (A. M. P. D); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8371 - 5591 & Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. djanzen @ sas. upenn. edu (D. H. J.); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7335 - 5107 whallwac @ sas. upenn. edu (W. H.); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5166 - 809 X * Corresponding author
  • 4. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, km 235, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. almeidalfvd @ gmail. com (L. F. V. A); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4051 - 1756 angelica @ ufscar. br (A. M. P. D); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8371 - 5591 & Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. djanzen @ sas. upenn. edu (D. H. J.); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7335 - 5107 whallwac @ sas. upenn. edu (W. H.); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5166 - 809 X * Corresponding author & Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, km 235, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. almeidalfvd @ gmail. com (L. F. V. A); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4051 - 1756 angelica @ ufscar. br (A. M. P. D); https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8371 - 5591

Description

Meteorus desmiae Zitani 1998

Diagnosis. Ocellus-ocular distance 0.50–0.90 × ocellar diameter, notauli usually shallow and not demarcated anteriorly, T2-T3 usually the same color as T4-T8.

Molecular Data. BIN BOLD:AAB3999. COI-5P Sequence: CTGGTATATTGGGATTATCAATAAGTA TATTAATTCGTATAGAGTTATCAATACCGGGAAGGTTATTAGGGGATGACCAAATTTATAATAGAAT TGTCACTGCTCATGCATTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGTA ATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATGAATAATATAAGATT TTGATTATTAATTCCTTCAATATTTATATTACTAATAAGAAGAATAATTAATATGGGAGTAGGAACA GGGTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCATTAAATATAAGTCATGGGGGGATATCTGTAGATTTAGCTA TTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTGTTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATAA ATATACAATTAATAGGGTTAAAGTTAGATAATGTTACTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTTTAATTACTGCA ATTTTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGGGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTA AATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGAGGGGGGGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Comments. M. desmiae is very similar to M. mariamartachavarriae sp. nov. but can be recognized by its larger ocelli.

Examined Material. 2 females DHJPAR0029326, DHJPAR0029324; 1 male DHJPAR0029325.

Biology. M. desmiae is a solitary parasitoid that attacks Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Previously this species was recorded in ACG as a parasitoid of Desmia tages (Zitani et al. 1998), and also in Ecuador parasitizing an unidentified caterpillar, belonging to the superfamily Pyraloidea (Aguirre & Shaw 2014). Here M. desmiae was found to parasitize Desmia octomaculalis Amsel, 1956, Desmia ploralisDHJ02, Desmia ploralisDHJ03, Desmia ploralisDHJ09, Desmia Solis 19 and Trichaea pilicornis Herrich-Schäffer, 1866.

Notes

Published as part of Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De, Shaw, Scott Richard, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2026, Revision of the genus Meteorus Haliday from the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae: Meteorini), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5767 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5767.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19192739

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DHJPAR
Material sample ID
DHJPAR0029324 , DHJPAR0029325 , DHJPAR0029326
Scientific name authorship
Zitani
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Meteorus
Species
desmiae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Meteorus desmiae Zitani, 1998 sec. Almeida, Shaw, Penteado-Dias, Hallwachs & Janzen, 2026

References

  • Zitani, N. M., Shaw, S. R. & Janzen, D. H. (1998) Systematics of Costa Rican Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) species lacking a dorsope. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 7 (2), 182-208.