Background: We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Creagrura Townes from Central and South America: C.alejandromasisi sp. n. and C.rogerblancoi sp. n. from Costa Rica and C.allpahuaya sp. n. from Peru, all of which emphasise the unknown parasitoid insect diversity yet to be revealed in the tropics.
New information: Host relationships of the two Costa Rican species are described in detail. In addition, it is inferred that the Creagrura wasps find and oviposit in the caterpillar when it is exposed at night, rather than when it is concealed during daylight hours.
Keywords: Allpahuayo-Mishana; Darwin wasps; Hesperiidae; Lepidoptera; Neotropical; koinobiont; nocturnal; rain forests; Área de Conservación Guanacaste.
Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, Kari M. Kaunisto, Michael Sharkey, Shelby Stedenfeld, M. Alex Smith, Winnie Hallwachs, Daniel Janzen.