https://mapress.com/zt/issue/feed 2026-03-06T11:54:34+13:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5767.1.1 2026-03-04T10:36:21+13:00 LUIS FELIPE VENTURA DE ALMEIDA almeidalfvd@gmail.com SCOTT RICHARD SHAW braconid@uwyo.edu ANGÉLICA MARIA PENTEADO-DIAS angelica@ufscar.br WINNIE HALLWACHS whallwac@sas.upenn.edu DANIEL H. JANZEN djanzen@sas.upenn.edu

<p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The genus <em>Meteorus </em>Haliday comprises over 350 described species worldwide. They develop as koinobiont endoparasitoids of the larvae of Lepidoptera and more rarely those of Coleoptera. Several species in this genus have a potential application as biocontrol agents. Currently 80 <em>Meteorus</em> species are known to occur in the Neotropical region but many more remain undescribed. The present study provides descriptions and names for new species of <em>Meteorus </em>from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in Costa Rica, as well as new distribution and host records. Descriptions of all new species integrate morphological, molecular and host data. Twenty six species are newly described: <em>M. bobkulai</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. centrojasonvorum</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Meteorus chrisdarlingi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. christerhanssoni</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. davesmithi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. felipechavarriai </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. gabygutierrezae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. iangauldi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. ideausvorum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. iankitchingi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. jennyphillipsae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. josejaramilloi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. luzmariaromeroae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. manducavorum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. markshawi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. mariamartachavarriae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. mikesharkeyi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. peggyaevorum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. ptiloscolavorum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. robertofernandezi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. rodolpherougeriei </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. seanbradyi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. sigifredomarini </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. tiboshartae </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>M. tomdaleyi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <em>M. unzelavorum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span></span></span></p> <p> </p>

2026-03-06T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2026