Nine new species ofUramyaRobineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to their identification.
BACKGROUND
We describe nine new species in the genusUramyaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica. All species were reared from an ongoing inventory of wild-caught caterpillars spanning a variety of families (Lepidoptera: Erebidae; Limacodidae; Megalopygidae; Lasiocampidae and Dalceridae). Our study provides a concise description of each new species using morphology, life history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. In addition to the new species the authors provide a redescription the previously describedUramya sibinivoraGuimarães, which was also collected within ACG during this study. We also provide a redescription of the genus, and a revised key to species ofUramyaoccurring in Central and South America.


CONCLUSIONS
The following nine new species ofUramya, all authored by Fleming & Wood, are described:Uramya albosetulosaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya constrictaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya contrariaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya infractaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya lativittataFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya lunulaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya nitidaFleming & Woodsp. nov.,Uramya pannosaFleming & Woodsp. nov., andUramya penicillataFleming & Woodsp. nov.The following are proposed by Wood as new synonyms ofUramya:OlindaTownsend,syn. nov.andProcleoniceTownsend,syn. nov.The following new combination is proposed as a result of the new synonymies:Uramya brasiliensisMacquart,comb. nov.Procleonice prolixaTownsend is synonymized underUramya brevicaudaCurran,syn. nov.
Agriculture Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
A J
AJ
Fleming
Agriculture Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
D Monty
DM
Wood
Department of Integrative Biology and the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Guelph, Canada.
M Alex
MA
Smith
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America.
Winnie
W
Hallwachs
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America.
Daniel
D
Janzen
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America.
Tanya
T
Dapkey
 Dexiinae ;  Uramyiini ; ACG; caterpillars; cloud forest; host-specificity; parasitoid flies; tropical dry forest; tropical rain forest