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Guides

• Apanteles

  Apanteles is a large genus of braconid wasps in the subfamily Microgastrinae, containing over 600 described species worldwide. A 2014 study from Costa Rica's Area de Conservación Guanacaste alone documented 186 new species, suggesting the genus is far more diverse than previously recognized. These small wasps (1–5 mm) are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars, with most species showing high host specificity.

  BraconidaeMicrogastrinaeparasitoid-waspcaterpillar-parasitoidbiological-controlhyperdiverse-genusCosta-RicaArea-de-Conservación-GuanacastekoinobiontendoparasitoidLepidopteraintegrated-taxonomyDNA-barcoding

• Hyphantrophaga

  Hyphantrophaga is a genus of tachinid flies in the tribe Goniini, subfamily Exoristinae, containing 46 valid species. The genus is notable for a major taxonomic revision in 2019 that described 22 new species from Costa Rica and synonymized five previously recognized genera. Species in this genus are parasitoids of caterpillars across a broad range of lepidopteran families.

  tachinidaeparasitoidcaterpillar-parasitoidmicrotype-eggsbiological-controlArea-de-Conservación-GuanacasteCosta-RicaMesoamericalepidoptera-parasitoid2019-revision