Article, 2024

A new bot fly species of Cuterebra (Diptera: Oestridae) from Ecuador

Zootaxa, ISSN 1175-5326, 1175-5334, Volume 5437, 3, Pages 413-423, 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.6

Contributors

Letana S. 0000-0003-1776-3672 [1] [2] Mengual X. 0000-0002-6185-9404 [3] Pape T. 0000-0002-4222-1763 [2]

Affiliations

  1. [1] University of California
  2. [NORA names: United States; America, North; OECD];
  3. [2] University of Copenhagen
  4. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  5. [3] Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
  6. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD]

Abstract

A new species of cuterebrine rodent bot fly, Cuterebra yanayacui sp. nov., is described from the cloud forest of Ecuador, and it is argued that the species mimics a range of aculeate hymenopterans, including euglossine orchid bees of the genera Eufriesea Cockerell and Eulaema Lepeletier and bumble bees of the subgenus Cullumanobombus Vogt. Montemyia bureni Dalmat, 1942 is proposed as a junior synonym of Cuterebra ornata Bau, 1928, syn. nov., and an updated identification key to the species of the Metacuterebra species group within Cuterebra Clark is provided. The 5’-end of the Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene is sequenced for the new species and compared with published Cuterebra sequences.

Keywords

COI-barcode, Cuterebrinae, Neotropics, mimicry, morphology, orchid bees, taxonomy

Funders

  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Tommy McElrath
  • California Academy of Sciences
  • MNCR
  • University of California, Davis
  • James Whitfield
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • S. W. Williston Diptera Research Fund
  • Maricelle Mendez-Soto
  • Torsten Dikow
  • NHMLA

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