A new species of Pseudophanerotoma (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Nayarit, Mexico

Armando Falcón-Brindis; Jorge L León-Cortés; Rubén F Mancilla-Brindis; Mario Orlando Estrada-Virgen; Octavio J Cambero-Campos

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1095.74308

A new species of Pseudophanerotoma (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Nayarit, Mexico

Zookeys. 2022 Apr 14:1095:165-177. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1095.74308. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Armando Falcón-Brindis^{1

2}, Jorge L León-Cortés¹, Rubén F Mancilla-Brindis³, Mario Orlando Estrada-Virgen³, Octavio J Cambero-Campos³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Conservación de La Biodiversidad, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, María Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur, CP 29290, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico El Colegio de La Frontera Sur San Cristóbal de Las Casas Mexico.
² Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, 348 University Drive, Princeton, KY 42445, USA University of Kentucky Research and Education Center Princeton United States of America.
³ Posgrado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Unidad Académica de Agricultura, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Carretera Tepic-Compostela Km 9, CP 63155, Xalisco, Nayarit, Mexico Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit Xalisco Mexico.

Abstract

Parasitoid wasps are known to be among the most abundant and species-rich on Earth and thus considered an ecologically important group of arthropods. Braconid wasps play a key role in regulating the populations of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera. However, the biology and taxonomy of numerous parasitoid species remain poorly known. In Mexico, only 17 species of the subfamily Cheloninae have been described. A new species of Pseudophanerotoma Zettel, 1990 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), P.huichol sp. nov., is described from Nayarit, Mexico. The tortricid moth Cryptaspasmaperseana Gilligan & Brown, 2011 is reported as the host of this parasitoid wasp. Detailed taxonomic and barcoding information are provided.

Keywords: COI barcode; Cheloninae; Mexican biodiversity; Neotropical region; Tortricidae; integrative taxonomy; parasitoid wasp.

Armando Falcón-Brindis, Jorge L. León-Cortés, Rubén F. Mancilla-Brindis, Mario Orlando Estrada-Virgen, Octavio J. Cambero-Campos.

Grants and funding

The patronage of the Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit (UAN) supported the project: “Cryptaspasma sp. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae): its distribution and natural enemies in avocado orchards from Nayarit, Mexico”, and provided the necessary resources through the UAN Special Taxes.