Belvosia duniagarciae Fleming & Woodley, 2023

Fleming, AJ, Woodley, Norman, Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H, 2023, Revision of Belvosia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) and 33 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica with a key to known North and Mesoamerican species, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 103667-103667 : 103667

Belvosia duniagarciae Fleming & Woodley sp. nov.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0002009 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Carolina Cano; individualID: DHJPAR0002009; individualCount: 1; sex: Male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: HCIC525-05, 02-SRNP-20277, BOLD:AAA1520; occurrenceID: 27E463FF-0B63-535D-BE7F-E4D56C3E848A; Taxon: scientificName: Belvosia duniagarciae; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Belvosia ; specificEpithet: duniagarciae; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Woodley, 2023; Location : continent: Central America ; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector San Cristobal; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Potrero Argentina; verbatimElevation: 520; verbatimLatitude: 10.8902; verbatimLongitude: -85.388; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal ; decimalLatitude: 10.8902; decimalLongitude: -85.388; Identification : identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2022; Event : samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Sphingidae , Unzela japix; verbatimEventDate: 17-Jan-2003; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0002026 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Lucia Rios; individualID: DHJPAR0002026; individualCount: 1; sex: Male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: HCIC542-05, 99-SRNP-2090.01, BOLD:AAA1520; occurrenceID: 7846E08A-2B45-59F2-B255-996357DD00FD; Taxon: scientificName: Belvosia duniagarciae; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Belvosia ; specificEpithet: duniagarciae; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Woodley, 2023; Location : continent: Central America ; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector Orosi ; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Maderos ; verbatimElevation: 510; verbatimLatitude: 11.0049; verbatimLongitude: -85.4749; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal ; decimalLatitude: 11.0049; decimalLongitude: -85.4749; Identification : identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2022; Event : samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Sphingidae , Unzela japix; verbatimEventDate: 01-Mar-1999; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0001819 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Elieth Cantillano; individualID: DHJPAR0001819; individualCount: 1; sex: Female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: HCIC335-05, 02-SRNP-16709, BOLD:AAA1520; occurrenceID: 75D4D5EE-754F-54C2-AB5A-5F8080046165; Taxon: scientificName: Belvosia duniagarciae; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Belvosia ; specificEpithet: duniagarciae; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Woodley, 2023; Location : continent: Central America ; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Guanacaste; county: Sector El Hacha ; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Finca Araya ; verbatimElevation: 295; verbatimLatitude: 11.0154; verbatimLongitude: -85.5113; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal ; decimalLatitude: 11.0154; decimalLongitude: -85.5113; Identification : identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2022; Event : samplingProtocol: Reared from the larvae of the Sphingidae , Enyo ocypete; verbatimEventDate: 04-Aug-2002; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen

Description

Male (Fig. 31), length: 11-14mm. Head: head slightly wider than thorax; vertex 1/3 head width; gena 1/4 of head height, 1/3 of eye height; ocellar setae absent at most several hair-like setulae present on ocellar triangle; row of 2-10 short strong setae directly anterior to post-ocular row; fronto-orbital plate ranging from dull silver or pale gray to slightly greenish gold on upper 2/3, with 2-3 rows of irregular frontal setae, black hair-like setulae intermingled with setae, with a few dark setulae extending below lowest frontal seta; one reclinate orbital seta outside of frontal row; parafacial bare and silver, nearly 1/2 of eye width when viewed laterally; facial ridge setulose along 2/3-4/5 of its length, with a few sparse black hair-like setulae along outer edge of row; gena covered in yellow to reddish black setulae; pedicel black concolorous with postpedicel; postpedicel dark brown to black, 2X as long as pedicel; arista bare distinctly-thickened on basal 4/5 almost to tip. Palps, yellow-orange throughout and densely covered in short black setulae; slender and near equilateral, only slightly curved at apex but not clubbed, tapering to a slight point apically, devoid of setulae basally. Thorax: black ground color, with light gray tomentum throughout presuturally, thinning centrally postsuturally, and transitioning to brown-bronze laterally when viewed from a caudal angle; scutellum appearing dark brown-black to the naked eye, under microscope glabrous adjacent to scutum, abruptly transitioning to dense bronze tomentum which becomes apparent when view on an oblique caudal angle; scutum with four dorsal vittae, one outer pair, one inner pair broken at suture; lateral surface of thorax densely covered in long hair-like setulae, these setulae all black; chaetotaxy: 3-4 strong setae on postpronotum arranged in a line, acrostichal setae 3:3-5; dorsocentral setae 3-4:4; intra-alar setae 3:3; supra-alar setae 2:3; 4-5 katepisternal setae; scutellum, with 5-6 pairs of long flat marginal setae of subequal length; apical setae absent; 1 complete row of scutellar discal setae just posterior to marginal setae. Wing: strongly infuscate, slightly darkened but not orange at wing base, basicosta black with slight accent of orange along caudal edge; both upper and lower calypters also infuscate concolorous with remainder of wing; wing vein R4+5 setose, bearing only 2-3 setulae at base; halteres orange stalk with dark black/brown capitulum. Legs: black overall, covered in shimmering bronze tomentum, coxa on midleg and hindleg covered in black setulae; tarsal claws yellow-orange with black tips, and orange pulvilli subequal to length of tarsal claws; anterodorsal row of setae on hind tibia irregularly sized not fringelike. Abdomen: large, flattened globose, with black ground color, brown-black lateroventrally on ST1+2-T4; gold tomentum only present along anterior 80-90% of surface of T5, bisected medially by an area devoid of tomentum, densely gold tomentose throughout T5 not reaching to hind margin of tergite, black along caudal 10% of tergite, where it is devoid of gold; "sex patch" present on ventral surfaces of T3-T5 which are densely hirsute, but lacking any definitive shape or form; one pair of median marginal setae present on ST1+2; 1-2 pairs present on T3, and complete rows of setae on T4 and T5; T5 devoid of any setulae in the area of gold tomentosity.

Male terminalia (Fig. 32): sternite 5 with a deeply excavated median cleft along posterior edge, roughly V-shaped, margins covered in dense tomentum; posterior lobes rounded apically, densely covered in multiple long, fine hair-like setulae. Anterior plate of sternite 5, 1/2 length of posterior lobes; unsclerotized "window" on anterior plate of sternite 5 shaped like a flattened "w", nearly transparent directly basal to posterior lobes. Cerci in posterior view, elongated triangular, slightly longer than surstyli, pointed at apex with only a slight shoulder, medially fused, separating only along anterior 1/3 of their length. Cerci in lateral view, over all anteriorly curved, more acutely at apex, making them appear almost like an incomplete hook; densely setose along almost 2/3 of its length, only bare at apex. Surstylus in lateral view, equilateral along its length with soft but continuous curve, vaguely digitiform; surstylus appearing to be fused with epandrium; when viewed posteriorly surstyli straight, tips slightly divergent. Pregonite broad and well developed, apically squared off, blunt, devoid of setulae. Postgonite, slightly narrowed, 1/3 as wide as pregonite, curved at apex, short and scythelike. Distiphallus broadly cone-shaped with a pronounced flare, with a slender median longitudinal sclerotized reinforcement on its posterior surface not reaching apex and a broad, anterolateral, sclerotized acrophallus, thickened apically appearing clubbed, ~1.3X as long as basiphallus.

Female (Fig. 33) length: 11-14mm, overall morphology as in male differing in the following traits: Head: fronto-orbital plate dull gray, sometimes appearing devoid of tomentum, bearing 3 pairs of proclinate orbital setae in addition to single pair of reclinate orbital seta; row of setae directly anterior to post-ocular row absent. Palps, slender and only slightly curved at apex but not clubbed, tapering apically, devoid of setulae basally. Thorax: chaetotaxy as in males. Abdomen: as in the males differing only in terminalia.

Diagnosis

Belvosia duniagarciae sp. n. can be distinguished from all other Belvosia by the following combination of traits: fronto-orbital plate pale silver gray, gena 1/3 of eye height, with a row of 5-10 small setulae directly anterior to postocular row, post sutural scutum mostly silver, both calypters dark, black basicosta, and apex of T5 black tomentose.

Etymology

Belvosia duniagarciae sp. n, is named in honor of Sr. Adrian Guadamuz in recognition of his decades of being part of the Parataxonomist Program of Area de Conservación Guanacaste (http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr) in northwestern Costa Rica ( Janzen and Hallwachs 2011). Interim species-specific name included in previously circulating databases and publications, Belvosia Woodley04C.

Distribution

Costa Rica, ACG (Provinces of Alajuela and Guanacaste), 90-710 m elevation.

Ecology

Belvosia duniagarciae sp. n. has been reared 126 times from four species of Lepidoptera in the family Sphingidae , Aleuron iphis (Walker, 1856) (N=1), Enyo ocypete (Linnaeus, 1758) (N=32), Unzela japix (Cramer, 1776) (N=91), U. pronoe Druce, 1894 (N=2), in rain forest, dry forest, and dry-rain lowland intergrade.