{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Fleming AJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>We describe a new species of Phosocephala Townsend, and provide a new collection record, and description of the previously unknown male, of Phosocephala metallica Townsend, from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All ACG specimens were reared from wild-caught Lepidoptera larvae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Nolidae). We provide a concise description of both species using morphology, life history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. The new species is authored and described by Fleming and Wood.<h4>New information</h4>Phosocephala alexanderi sp. n."],"journal":["Biodiversity data journal"],"pagination":["e7863"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4867709"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica."],"pmcid":["PMC4867709"],"pubmed_authors":["Janzen DH","Hallwachs W","Smith MA","Fleming AJ","Wood DM","Dapkey T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>We describe a new species of Phosocephala Townsend, and provide a new collection record, and description of the previously unknown male, of Phosocephala metallica Townsend, from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All ACG specimens were reared from wild-caught Lepidoptera larvae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Nolidae). We provide a concise description of both species using morphology, life history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. The new species is authored and described by Fleming and Wood.<h4>New information</h4>Phosocephala alexanderi sp. n.","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016","modification":"2025-04-05T14:58:41.489Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:13:42Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4867709","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27226748"],"doi":["10.3897/BDJ.4.e7863"]}}