taxonID	type	description	language	source
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Female, Brazil: Minas Gerais, Uberlândia, Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó de Uberlândia (18 o 59 ' 00 " S, 48 o 17 ' 44 " W — 863 m. elev.). Deposited in the Hymenoptera collection of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZUSP; Carlos Brandão curator), number MZSP 57562, February 2018, coll. B. Sousa-Lopes, ex larva Oospila pallidaria on M. setosa var. paludosa. Paratypes. 2 males, deposited in MZUSP, numbers MZSP 57563 and MZSP 57564. Same data as holotype.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Antennae approximately as long as the body (head to apex of metasoma); coxae black, legs mostly honey-yellow, metasoma mostly black except pale in laterotergites; mesoscutum with distinct dense punctures, becoming smooth posteriorly anterior to scutoscutellar sulcus; wings partially pigmented with a few veins dark, but most pale; pterostigma dark greyish brown, with indistinct paler junction with C + SC; propodeum with more or less complete, but anteriorly weak medial longitudinal carina; the first tergite of metasoma rounded towards posterior margin; second tergite of metasoma almost twice as wide posteriorly as anteriorly; tergites of metasoma mostly smooth, weakly sculptured; ovipositor shorter, about one-third the length of the metasoma or hind tibia; solitary habit recorded so far from O. pallidaria; cocoon yellow. The above combination of characters is sufficient to separate C. itororensis from all other recorded species of Cotesia for the Neotropical region. A detailed diagnosis one-to-one is provided below to distinguish C. itororensis from every other species.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	description	Description. Female (Fig. 2). Body color: body mostly black except pale, almost whitish palpi, most of all legs distal to coxae, and laterotergites of metasoma. Antenna color: scape, pedicel and flagellum dark brown / black. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): black. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemora): honey-yellow. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibiae): honey-yellow, with slight darkening dorsally at distal end of metatabiae. Tegulae color: dark brown translucent. Pterostigma color: dark greyish brown, with indistinct paler junction with C + SC. Fore wings color: partially pigmented (a few veins may be dark but most pale). Antenna length / body length: antenna approximately as long as body (head to apex of metasoma). Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorsoventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.0 – 2.2 mm. Fore wing length: 2.1 – 2.3 mm. Ocular-ocellar line / posterior ocellus diameter 1.7 – 1.9. Interocellar distance / posterior ocellus diameter: 2.1 – 2.3. Antennal flagellomere 2 length-width: 2.9 – 3.1. Antennal flagellomere 14 length / width 1.4 – 1.6. Length of flagellomere 2 / length of flagellomere 14: 2.2 – 2.3. Tarsal claws: simple, within single basal spine-like seta. Metafemur length / width 3.2 – 3.3. Metatibia inner spur length / metabasitarsus length: roughly 0.5. Anteromesoscutum: anteriorly with distinct dense punctures, becoming smooth posteriorly anterior to scutoscutellar sulcus. Mesoscutellar disc: sparsely and finely but distinctly punctured; microsculpture producing satiny reflections. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 8 – 10. Propodeum carina: with more or less complete but anteriorly weak medial longitudinal carina. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly very finely rugulose, almost smooth in spots. Mediotergite 1 length / width at widest point: 1.1 – 1.3. Mediotergite 1 shape: slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7 of mediotergite length (widest point), then rounding towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly smooth and shining with very vague sculpturing ventrally, posterolateral portions with widely scattered punctures. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin / length: 2.1 – 2.3, almost twice as wide posteriorly as anteriorly. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth and raised centrally, very weakly sculptured otherwise. Hypopygium: evenly sclerotized but folded medially, posteriorly forming a strongly obtuse angle in lateral view. Ovipositor thickness: tapering gradually to tip. Ovipositor sheaths: short, exposed portions less than 1 / 3 of hind tibia length. Length of fore wing veins 2 RS / 2 M: 1.1 – 1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2 M / (RS + M) b: 0.9 – 1.0. Pterostigma length / width 2.0 – 2.2. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: just beyond half way point of pterostigma length. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: perpendicular. Shape of junction of veins r and 2 RS in forewing: r weakly arched, junction distinctly but not strongly angled. Male (Fig. 2). As female, but with darker distal patch on distal portions of hind tibiae and hind tarsi. Molecular data. COI barcode deposited in GenBank (MH 382197).	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	biology_ecology	Host: Oospila pallidaria (Schaus, 1897) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Biology / ecology. Cotesia itororensis is a solitary parasitoid wasp that occurs mainly in the wet season (December – March); however, their host, O. pallidaria, occurs throughout the year, mainly in the dry season (May – September). It is possible that caterpillars avoid parasitism occurring at highest abundance in a temporal enemy-free space (Sousa-Lopes et al. 2016). Indeed, the rate of parasitism was low, representing 10.5 % (22) of the caterpillars sampled during four years. Parasitism occurs between the first and second larval instar of O. pallidaria. Parasitized caterpillars have swollen bodies in the posterior half (Fig. 3 a), mainly in the fourth instar, when parasitoid larvae are completely developed. At this time, O. pallidaria moves to the adaxial side of leaves (Fig. 3 b) and then C. itororensis leaves them near the fifth abdominal segment (Fig. 3 c), builds a yellow cocoon and pupates for three days. Cotesia itororensis probably changes host behavior because moving to the adaxial side of leaves is an uncommon behavior for healthy caterpillars (BSL, pers. obs.). It is possible this behavior decreases vulnerability to desiccation and / or enemies in open areas where host plants and caterpillars are found by wasps.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known so far from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet (itororensis) is a reference, from the Tupi-Guarani i - tororó = yy (water) and tororõ (spout), water spout, also meaning noisy river and small waterfall, and ensis = origin, in reference to the Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, where this braconid species was found.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	diagnosis	Detailed diagnosis. In order to facilitate future work on the group, we detail below how each of the other twenty-one species of Cotesia previously recorded from the Neotropical region individually differs from C. itororensis.	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
03960239FFB3FFFEFF53FF61FBB0F68A.taxon	description	Cotesia bonariensis (Brѐthes 1916) has the mediotergite 2 a transverse rectangle shape, rough, slightly elevated in its middle longitudinally (Brѐthes 1916); whereas C. itororensis has the same segment in a more triangular shape, smooth and raised centrally, very weakly sculptured otherwise. Cotesia bonariensis has been recorded so far from an unidentified lepidopteran in Argentina (Brѐthes 1916, Yu et al. 2016).	en	Sousa-Lopes, Bruno De, Whitfield, James Bryan, Salgado-Neto, Geraldo, Del-Claro, Kleber (2019): Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544 (3): 437-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9
