Twenty-two new species in the genus Hyphantrophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, with a key to the species of Mesoamerica
Authors: Fleming AJ , Wood D. Monty , Smith M. Alex , Dapkey Tanya , Hallwachs Winnie , Janzen Daniel 
Published: June 2019

We describe 22 new species in the genusHyphantrophagaTownsend, 1892 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in north-western Costa Rica. All species were reared from an ongoing inventory of wild-caught caterpillars spanning a variety of families (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae, Crambidae, Depressariidae, Doidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Geometridae, Hedylidae, Hesperiidae, Immidae, Lasiocampidae, Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Mimaloniidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Phiditiidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Riodinidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Thyrididae, Tortricidae and Zygaenidae). We provide a morphological description of each species together with information on life history, molecular data and photographic documentation. In addition to the new species, we provide a redescription of the genus, as well as the redescription of three previously described species, which were also collected within ACG during this study:Hyphantrophagaangustata(van der Wulp),Hyphantrophagamyersi(Aldrich) andHyphantrophagavirilis(Aldrich &amp; Webber).

The following 22 new species ofHyphantrophagaare described:HyphantrophagaadrianguadamuziFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaalbopilosaFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaanacordobaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagacalixtomoragaiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagacalvaFleming &amp; Woodsp. n..,HyphantrophagaciriloumanaiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagadanausophagaFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagadiniamartinezaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaduniagarciaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaedwinapuiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaeldaarayaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaeliethcantillanoeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagagilberthampieiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaguillermopereiraiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagahazelcambroneroaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaluciariosaeFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagamanuelriosiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagamorphophagaFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophaganigricaudaFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagaosvaldoespinozaiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.,HyphantrophagapabloumanaiFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.andHyphantrophagasimilisFleming &amp; Woodsp. n.

The following are proposed by Wood as new synonyms ofHyphantrophagaTownsend, 1892:BrachymasiceraTownsend, 1911syn. n.,OmmasiceraTownsend, 1911syn. n.,OphirosturmiaTownsend, 1911syn. n.,PatillaliaCurran, 1934syn. n.andYpophaemyiopsTownsend, 1935syn. n.

The following nine new combinations are proposed as a result of the new synonymies:Hyphantrophagaadamsoni(Thompson, 1963),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagafasciata(Curran, 1934),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagaglauca(Giglio-Tos, 1893),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagagowdeyi(Curran, 1926),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagamyersi(Aldrich, 1933),comb. n.,Hyphantrophaganigripes(Townsend, 1928),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagaoptica(Schiner, 1868),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagapolita(Townsend, 1911),comb. n.,Hyphantrophagasubpolita(Townsend, 1912),comb. n.