Telothyria fimbriata Fleming & Wood, 2020

Fleming, AJ, Wood, D. Monty, Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2020, Revision of Telothyria van der Wulp (Diptera: Tachinidae) and twenty-five new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica with a key to Mesoamerican species, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 47157-47157 : 47157

Telothyria fimbriata Fleming & Wood sp. n.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0046710 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0046710; individualCount: 1; sex: M; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ACGBA883-12, 11-SRNP-76463, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Finca Esmeralda; verbatimElevation: 123; verbatimLatitude: 10.9355; verbatimLongitude: -85.2531; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9355; decimalLongitude: -85.2531; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 19-Nov-2011; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0035697 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0035697; individualCount: 1; sex: F; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYD1078-09, 09-SRNP-44699, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Estacion Llanura; verbatimElevation: 135; verbatimLatitude: 10.9333; verbatimLongitude: -85.2533; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9333; decimalLongitude: -85.2533; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 12-Jul-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0036676 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0036676; individualCount: 1; sex: F; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYE1587-09, 09-SRNP-75787, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Finca Esmeralda; verbatimElevation: 123; verbatimLatitude: 10.9355; verbatimLongitude: -85.2531; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9355; decimalLongitude: -85.2531; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 06-Oct-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0037320 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Mercedes Moraga; individualID: DHJPAR0037320; individualCount: 1; sex: M; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYC4065-10, 09-SRNP-76169, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Estacion Llanura; verbatimElevation: 135; verbatimLatitude: 10.9333; verbatimLongitude: -85.2533; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9333; decimalLongitude: -85.2533; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 11-Oct-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0037334 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0037334; individualCount: 1; sex: F; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYC4079-10, 09-SRNP-76194, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Estacion Llanura; verbatimElevation: 135; verbatimLatitude: 10.9333; verbatimLongitude: -85.2533; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9333; decimalLongitude: -85.2533; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 17-Nov-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0045651 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0045651; individualCount: 1; sex: M; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ACGAZ840-11, 11-SRNP-75740, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Finca Esmeralda; verbatimElevation: 123; verbatimLatitude: 10.9355; verbatimLongitude: -85.2531; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9355; decimalLongitude: -85.2531; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 20-Sep-2011; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0034416 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Cirilo Umana; individualID: DHJPAR0034416; individualCount: 1; sex: M; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ASHYC1068-09, 09-SRNP-44473, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Estacion Llanura; verbatimElevation: 135; verbatimLatitude: 10.9333; verbatimLongitude: -85.2533; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9333; decimalLongitude: -85.2533; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 24-Jun-2009; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu; catalogNumber: DHJPAR0057225 ; recordedBy: D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & Mercedes Moraga; individualID: DHJPAR0057225; individualCount: 1; sex: M; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; otherCatalogNumbers: ACGBA5135-15, 14-SRNP-77549, BOLD:AAA1948; Taxon: scientificName: Telothyriafimbriata; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Telothyria; specificEpithet: fimbriata; scientificNameAuthorship: Fleming & Wood, 2018; Location: continent: Central America; country: Costa Rica; countryCode: CR; stateProvince: Alajuela; county: Sector Rincon Rain Forest; locality: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ; verbatimLocality: Finca Esmeralda; verbatimElevation: 123; verbatimLatitude: 10.9355; verbatimLongitude: -85.2531; verbatimCoordinateSystem: Decimal; decimalLatitude: 10.9355; decimalLongitude: -85.2531; Identification: identifiedBy: AJ Fleming; dateIdentified: 2018; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from the larva of the Tortricidae, Phricanthesflexilineana; verbatimEventDate: 27-Dec-2014; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: CNC; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: Pinned Specimen

Description

Male. Length: 6-8 mm (Fig. 24). Head (Figs 24 b, 25 ): frons narrow, 1/8 of head width; gena 1/10 of head height; three reclinate orbital setae, anteriormost reclinate orbital shorter than uppermost frontal seta; ocellar setae present but minimal; outer vertical seta small yet present; fronto-orbital plate and ocellar triangle coloration gold; fronto-orbital plate with short blonde hairs interspersed among frontal setae; parafacial brilliant silver; facial ridge bearing minuscule blonde hairs at least along lower 1/2 (Fig. 25 ); palpus digitiform, sparsely haired along outer margin; arista brown, smoothly tapering to apical 1/8, microtrichia at most 1X as long as width of arista; postpedicel almost entirely orange; postocular region behind margin of eye upper half gold, with lower half including gena silver tomentose; upper half of occiput gold tomentose. Thorax (Fig. 24 a, c): brassy-gold tomentose, with two distinct outer dorsal stripes, and two short inner stripes; thorax entirely covered in dense plumose blonde hairs; chaetotaxy: five postpronotal setae, basal setae arranged in a straight line; supra-alar setae 1:3; intra-alar setae 2:2; dorsocentral setae 3:3; acrostichal setae 3:3; katepisternum with two setae. Scutellum brassy-gold tomentose; two pairs of strong marginal setae (basal and subapical) and a small pair of crossed apical scutellar setae 1/8-1/10th as long as subapical scutellars; basal scutellar setae subequal in length to subapical setae; subapical setae straight; underside of scutellum bearing plumose blonde hairs below basal scutellar setae. Legs: foreleg yellow ground color, densely haired on tarsal segments with short black hairs making them appear darkened almost black; midleg with yellow coxa and femur and brown tibia and tarsal segments; hindleg dark brown extending from halfway along femur inclusive of tarsal segments; anterior leg tibia with regular fringe of equally spaced setae along anteroventral surface, with 2-3 anterodorsal setae, and 2-3 posterodorsal setae. Wings: basicosta ivory white; all veins bare, with only 1-2 setulae at base of R4+5; calypters pale white translucent with narrow pale beige fringe. Abdomen (Fig. 24 a, c): ground color yellow-orange; ST1+2 brown over medial 30%, with yellow ventrolaterally, extending into a longitudinal middorsal brown stripe bisected by a brown band along posterior edges of T3 and T4; T3 and T4 each with dense gold tomentum along extending over entire tergite; T5 entirely yellow, covered with gold tomentum; median marginal setae present only on T4 and T5; median discal setae absent. Male terminalia (Fig. 24 d, e, f): Sternite 5 with a wide deeply excavated median cleft, smoothly V-shaped, margins covered in dense pollinosity; lateral lobes of sternite rounded apically, with a small group of strong setulae along outer margins; basal section of sternite 5 subequal to slightly longer than length of apical lobes. Cerci in posterior view sharply pointed triangular sharply widening to a moderate rectangular shoulder along the basal section, equal in length to surstyli, fused along entire length; in lateral view, with a strong downward curve on apical 1/3; several strong widely spaced setulae along basal 2/3rds. Surstylus in lateral view, almost equilateral along its length rounded at tip, slightly pinched at midpoint appearing digitiform; surstylus appearing fused with epandrium; when viewed dorsally surstyli appear slender with a slight sinusoidal curve, parallel at apices. Distiphallus 1.5X as long as basiphallus and tubular, slightly pointed at apex.

Female. Length: 6-8 mm (Fig. 26). Head (Fig. 26 b): as in male with the following exceptions: fronto-orbital plate pale brassy-gold over upper 30%; parafacial brilliant silver; frons 1/4 of head width; three inner reclinate orbital setae; three orbital setae two proclinate, and uppermost reclinate; outer vertical a small group of strong present; palpus apically clubbed and distinctly upturned. Thorax (Fig. 26 a, c): katepisternum with two setae; meron with plumose hairs as well as 4-6 typical meral setae. Legs: colored as in male with the following exception: anterior tibia with regular fringe of equally spaced setae along anteroventral surface, and 1-2 posterodorsal setae. Abdomen (Fig. 26 a, c): ST1+2 and T3 50% brown dorsally, with yellow-orange lateroventrally, T4 entirely brown, and T5 yellow-orange entirely.

Diagnosis

Telothyria fimbriata sp. n. can be distinguished from all other Telothyria by the following combination of traits: ocellar setae present but minimal, parafacial brilliant silver, postpedicel almost entirely orange, arista plumose on lower half with microtrichia not exceeding the width of the arista, fine yellow hairs extending along at least lower half of facial ridge, thorax entirely covered in dense plumose blonde hairs, and T5 yellow with gold tomentum.

Etymology

Telothyria fimbriata sp. n. From the Latin adjective " fimbriatus " meaning fringed in reference to the pale blonde hairs that line the facial ridge.

Distribution

Costa Rica, ACG, Alajuela Province, 123-135 m elevation.

Ecology

Telothyria fimbriata sp. n. has been reared eight times from a single species of Lepidoptera in the family Tortricidae : Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863), in rain forest.

Figures

Figure 25. Detailed lateral view of holotype of T. fimbriata sp. n. male head, inset displaying characteristic pale haired facial ridge