Abstract
Descriptions, host plants, and biological notes are given for three species of Tenthredinidae from Costa Rica. Waldheimia saurauia Smith & Nishida, sp. nov. (Blennocampinae) feeds on Saurauia montana Seem. (Actinidiaceae). Leseha Smith, gen. nov. (Selandriinae), includes two species that feed on ferns: Leseha vespa Smith & Nishida, sp. nov., feeds on Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger (Polypodiaceae) and L. carranzae Smith & Nishida, sp. nov., feeds on Elaphoglossum bellermannianum (Klozsch) T. Moore, and E. lingua (C. Presl) Brack. (Dryopteridaceae). Stromboceros cruralis Konow, 1899 from Peru, Dochmioglene cubitalis Malaise, 1954 from southern Brazil, Siobla joergenseni Schrottky, 1913 from northern Argentina, Selandria limbata Kirby 1882 from Brazil, and Strongylogaster strigatus Enderlein, 1920 from southern Brazil, are all transferred to Leseha (combs. nov.).
Highlights
A number of host plants and life histories of Central American sawflies were given in the publications by Kimsey and Smith (1985), Smith and Janzen (2003a, b), and Smith et al 2013); there remains much to be discovered
Two species belonging to the subfamily Selandriinae were reared from larvae feeding on ferns, Elaphoglossum sp. (Dryopteridaceae) and Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger (Polypodiaceae)
The hosts and biology of the three species treated were studied in the field and under rearing conditions in area of the main building of Estación Biológica Monteverde (EBM), Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in between May and October in 2008, 2017 and 2018
Summary
A number of host plants and life histories of Central American sawflies were given in the publications by Kimsey and Smith (1985), Smith and Janzen (2003a, b), and Smith et al 2013); there remains much to be discovered. Two species belonging to the subfamily Selandriinae were reared from larvae feeding on ferns, Elaphoglossum sp.
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