Taxonomy and life history of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to world species

Leathers, Jason W.; Sharkey, Michael J.

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“…Only four publications dealing with Neotropical Alabagrus employed the key of Sharkey (1988); in three of these cases the specimens were identified by or checked by Sharkey himself. The quality of the identifications in one of these, Leathers and Sharkey (2003), was reported in Sharkey et al (2018Sharkey et al ( , 2021a, and our self-criticisms are repeated here. Leathers and Sharkey (2003) used the key and also had access to identified specimens.…”

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“…The quality of the identifications in one of these, Leathers and Sharkey (2003), was reported in Sharkey et al (2018Sharkey et al ( , 2021a, and our self-criticisms are repeated here. Leathers and Sharkey (2003) used the key and also had access to identified specimens. Nonetheless, of the 17 species that they reported to occur in Costa Rica, none are now realized to occur in Costa Rica because they only live elsewhere, and Costa Rican undescribed species were mistaken for them.…”

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“…imitatus, A. juchuy, A. kagaba, A. latisoma, A. latreillei, A. maya, A. mojos, A. nahuatl, A. nigrilitus, A. pachamama, A. paruyana, A. parvifaciatus, A. semialbus , A. tricarainatus, A. tripartitus, and A. warrau. Furthermore, five of the species reported by Leathers and Sharkey (2003) were found to be composed of species complexes as determined by a combination of morphological, barcode, and host data. These five are Alabagrus cocto, A.…”

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Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

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McCluskey³

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Twenty-nine species are treated, most of which have host caterpillar and food plant records, and all but one are new to science. The first host record for the agathidine genus Amputoearinus is given. Gnathopleura josequesadai Sharkey, sp. nov. is reported as a hyperparasitoid of fly larvae, the first such record for the genus. The following new species are diagnosed primarily using COI barcode data; Sharkey is the authority for all: Agathidinae: Aerophilus davidwagneri, Aerophilus fundacionbandorum, Aerophilus nicklaphami, Lytopylus davidstopaki, Lytopylus davidschindeli; Alysiinae: Gnathopleura josequesadai; Braconinae: Bracon andreamezae, Bracon franklinpaniaguai, Bracon rafagutierrezi, Bracon guillermoblancoi, Bracon oscarmasisi, Bracon pauldimaurai, Bracon shebadimaurae, Sacirema karendimaurae; Cheloninae: Chelonus minorzunigai; Homolobinae: Homolobus stevestroudi; Macrocentrinae: Macrocentrus michaelstroudi; Orgilinae: Stantonia gilbertfuentesi; Rhysipolinae: Rhysipolis stevearonsoni; Rogadinae: Aleiodes kaydodgeae, Aleiodes kerrydresslerae, Aleiodes josesolanoi, Aleiodes juniorporrasi, Aleiodes rocioecheverri, Aleiodes ronaldzunigai, Choreborogas jesseausubeli, Triraphis doncombi, and Yelicones mayrabonillae.

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“…Our point was that morphological evidence alone is not sufficient to resolve species limits in many taxa. This is clearly the case in the morphological treatments of species of Alabagrus by Leathers and Sharkey (2003), as illuminated by Sharkey et al (2021c). The problem is not that morphological evidence is non-existent, but rather that it is cryptic.…”

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More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021

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This is a response to a preprint version of “A re-analysis of the data in Sharkey et al.’s (2021) minimalist revision reveals that BINs do not deserve names, but BOLD Systems needs a stronger commitment to open science”, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.28.441626v2. Meier et al. strongly criticized Sharkey et al.’s publication in which 403 new species were deliberately minimally described, based primarily on COI barcode sequence data. Here we respond to these criticisms. The following points are made: 1) Sharkey et al. did not equate BINs with species, as demonstrated in several examples in which multiple species were found to be in single BINs. 2) We reiterate that BINs were used as a preliminary sorting tool, just as preliminary morphological identification commonly sorts specimens based on color and size into unit trays; despite BINs and species concepts matching well over 90% of species, this matching does not equate to equality. 3) Consensus barcodes were used only to provide a diagnosis to conform to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature just as consensus morphological diagnoses are. The barcode of a holotype is definitive and simply part of its cellular morphology. 4) Minimalist revisions will facilitate and accelerate future taxonomic research, not hinder it. 5) We refute the claim that the BOLD sequences of Plesiocoelus vanachterbergi are pseudogenes and demonstrate that they simply represent a frameshift mutation. 6) We reassert our observation that morphological evidence alone is insufficient to recognize species within species-rich higher taxa and that its usefulness lies in character states that are congruent with molecular data. 7) We show that in the cases in which COI barcodes code for the same amino acids in different putative species, data from morphology, host specificity, and other ecological traits reaffirm their utility as indicators of genetically distinct lineages.

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“… Harpactorini is the most diverse group within Reduviidae with about 52 genera in the Neotropics ( Forero 2011 ; Gil-Santana 2015 ; Gil-Santana et al 2015 , 2017 ; Forero and Mejía-Soto 2021 ). Several taxa of this tribe are recognized as being involved in mimicry systems with Hymenoptera , resembling bees or wasps in general body and wing coloration as well as characteristics of physical proportions ( Champion 1899 ; Haviland 1931 ; Elkins 1969 ; Maldonado and Lozada 1992 ; Hogue 1993 ; Leathers and Sharkey 2003 ; Gil-Santana 2008 , 2015 , 2016 , 2022 ; Gil-Santana et al 2013 , 2015 , 2017 ; Castro-Huertas and Forero 2021 ). Maldonado and Lozada (1992) presented a key to Neotropical wasp-mimicking Harpactorinae genera, which in their view helps to quickly sort out specimens from unidentified material, although this is a somewhat artificial way of grouping genera.…”

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A new genus and a new species of wasp-mimicking Harpactorini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), with an updated key to the Neotropical genera

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Quasigraptocleptes maracristinaegen. nov., sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Harpactorini) is described based on male and female specimens from Brazil. Photographs and comments about the syntypes of Myocoris nigriceps Burmeister, 1835, Myocoris nugax Stål, 1872, Myocoris tipuliformis Burmeister, 1838 and Xystonyttus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1803) are presented. The intra-specific variability and sexual dimorphic characteristics among specimens of Q. maracristinaesp. nov. are recorded. General characteristics of Hiranetis Spinola, 1837, Graptocleptes Stål, 1866, Quasigraptocleptesgen. nov. and Parahiranetis Gil-Santana, 2015, which seem to be closer genera, are compared, including those of the male genitalia of some species. A key to the species of Myocoris Burmeister, 1835, and an updated key to Neotropical wasp-mimicking Harpactorini genera are provided.

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Taxonomy and life history of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to world species

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Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021

A new genus and a new species of wasp-mimicking Harpactorini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), with an updated key to the Neotropical genera

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Taxonomy and life history of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to world species

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﻿Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

﻿Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

﻿More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021

﻿A new genus and a new species of wasp-mimicking Harpactorini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), with an updated key to the Neotropical genera

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Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records

More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021

A new genus and a new species of wasp-mimicking Harpactorini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), with an updated key to the Neotropical genera