Nine new species of Uramya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to their identification
2017
Fleming, AJ | Wood, D. M. (Donald Montgomery) | Smith, M Alex | Hallwachs, Winnie | Janzen, Daniel | Dapkey, Tanya
We describe nine new species in the genus Uramya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica. All species were reared from an ongoing inventory of wild-caught caterpillars spanning a variety of families (Lepidoptera: Erebidae; Limacodidae; Megalopygidae; Lasiocampidae and Dalceridae). Our study provides a concise description of each new species using morphology, life history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. In addition to the new species the authors provide a redescription the previously described Uramyasibinivora Guimarães, which was also collected within ACG during this study. We also provide a redescription of the genus, and a revised key to species of Uramya occurring in Central and South America. The following nine new species of Uramya, all authored by Fleming & Wood, are described: Uramyaalbosetulosa Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyaconstricta Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyacontraria Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyainfracta Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyalativittata Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyalunula Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyanitida Fleming & Wood sp. nov., Uramyapannosa Fleming & Wood sp. nov., and Uramyapenicillata Fleming & Wood sp. nov. The following are proposed by Wood as new synonyms of Uramya: Olinda Townsend, syn. nov. and Procleonice Townsend, syn. nov. The following new combination is proposed as a result of the new synonymies: Uramyabrasiliensis Macquart, comb. nov.Procleoniceprolixa Townsend is synonymized under Uramyabrevicauda Curran, syn. nov.
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