New species of Australian arid zone chelonine wasps from the genera Phanerotoma and Ascogaster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) informed by the ‘ Bush Blitz’ surveys of national reserves Author Kittel, Rebecca N. Author Austin, Andrew D. text Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-07-31 50 211 262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1074747 journal article 21297 10.1080/00222933.2015.1074747 eadd473a-210b-4c1f-a99d-0eb373d15b12 1464-5262 3983279 054A948A-5B2F-4A23-BC77-A8F9239094C0 Phanerotoma lutea sp. nov. ( Figures 12a – d , 16 ) Description Body measurements. Length of body 3.7 – 5.45 mm females, 3.65 – 5.1 mm males; ratio of antenna to body 0.8 in females, 1.0 in males; ratio of length of fore wing to body 0.8; ratio of length of metasoma to mesosoma 1.1. Head. Ratio of length of third antennomere to fourth 1.0; length of third, fourth, penultimate and terminal antennomere 3.3 – 4.3, 3.2 – 4.7, 1.2 – 2.7 and 1.5 – 2.8 times their width, respectively; ratio of length of eye in dorsal view to length of temple 1.7 – 2.1; ratio of width of face in anterior view to its height 1.9 – 2.3; ratio of width of clypeus to its height 1.7 – 2.2; clypeus with three teeth; ratio of length of malar space to base of mandible 0.4 – 0.9; face, vertex and frons traverse strigose; ratio posterior ocelli:LOL:POL: OOL 1.0:0.6:0.6:2.0 females 1.0:0.7:0.7:1.9 males. Mesosoma. Middle lobe of mesoscutum rugose; notauli weakly present; mesoscutellum rugose; mesopleuron rugose; precoxal sulcus present; ratio of height of mesosoma to its length 1.6 – 1.7; propodeal tubercles present; blister on mid tibia present; ratio of length of hind tibia to hind tarsus 0.9 – 1.1; ratio of length of posterior spur to length of basal tarsus 0.35 – 0.48; ratio hind coxa, hind femur, hind tibia and hind tarsus 2.2, 3.0 – 5.0, 4.0 – 5.0 and 14.0 – 23.0 times their width, respectively; fore wing: 2-R1 absent; ratio of length of 1-R1 to length of pterostigma 1.3; ratio of width of pterostigma to its length 2.4 – 3.3; ratio r:3-SR:SR-1:r-m 1.0:4.0 – 6.0:13.0 – 16.0:1.6 – 2.2; 1-SR+M emanating from parastigma; 2- SR+M interstitial, antefurcal or postfurcal. Metasoma. Shape of metasoma oval in dorsal view; ratio of width of metasoma to its length 0.55 – 0.6; carapace broadens to posterior end in lateral view; ratio of keel to length of metasoma 0.19 – 0.21; first and second tergite longitudinal strigose, third tergite rugose; curvature of second suture slightly towards anterior end; ratio of the three metasomal tergites 1.0:0.7 – 0.9:1.2 – 1.3. Colour. Overall orange; interocellar area dark; wing venation, parastigma and pterostigma brown. Diagnosis Phanerotoma lutea forms along with P. behriae a species complex, where species have three teeth on the clypeus, a short r vein and a long 3-SR vein. Only these two species represent the complex in Australia . Hence, P. lutea can be distinguished from P. behriae by its overall yellow colour and from all other species by the above characters. Specimens examined Holotype , Australia ( South Australia ) : 1 ♀ , “ 27 October 2010 , Bon Bon Station 30°25'29 “ S , 135°28'41 “ E , R. Kittel , at light; Bush Blitz survey RK125'' ( SAM ) . Paratypes , Australia ( Queensland ) : 2 ♀♀ , 2 km N Rokeby , 13.40°S , 142.40°E , 12 September 1993 , P . Zborowski and S. Shattuck, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Woobadda River , 15.58°S , 145.22°E , 25 August 1992 , J .C. Cardale and P. Zborowski, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Rockhampton , 24 km S, 23°37 ’ S , 150°06 ʹ E , 28 November 1990 , T . Gush , on flowering tree, Tom Gush Collection 2567 ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , 11 km WbyN Bald Hill , McIlwraith Ra ., 500 m , 13.44°S , 143.20°E , 26 June – 13 July 1989 , I.D. Naumann, LT , search party campsite ( ANIC ) . Other material, Australia ( New South Wales ) : 1 ♂ , North Beach , Bellinger R, 21 February 1965 , D .K. McAlpine and R. Lossin ( AMS 358175 ); 1 ♀ , Pilliga Scrub , via Coonabarabran , 15 December 1976 , I .D. Naumann ; beating and sweeping, dry sclerophyll forest ( QM ) ; Northern Territory : 1 ♀ , Darwin , 17 June 1962 , R . V. Southcoll ( SAM ) ; Queensland : 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ , 10 km SSW Cape York , 10.46°S , 142.30°E , 15 October 1992 , P . Zborowski and T. Weir, LT , rainforest ( ANIC ); 1 ♂ , Captain Billy Landing , 11.38°S , 142.51°E , 21 January 1992 , I .D. Naumann and T.A. Weir ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Cockatoo Ck Xing 17 km NW Heathlands , 11.39°S , 142.27°E , 15 – 26 January 1992 , I .D. Naumann and T. Weir , LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , 14 km ENE Heathlands , 11.41°S , 142.42°E , 12 November – 14 December 1993 , P . Zborowski , MT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , 14 km ENE Heathlands , 11.41°S , 142.42°E , 21 November 1992 , P . Zborowski and A. Calder, LT rainforest ( ANIC ); 1 ♂ , Heathlands , 11.45°S , 142.35°E , 15 – 26 January 1992 , I .D. Naumann and T. Weir, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Batavia Downs , 12.41°S , 142.41°E , 22 – 23 August 1992 , J .C. Cardale and P. Zborowski ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , 9 km NNW Lockhart River , 12.43°S , 143.18°E , 25 October 1992 , P . Zborowski and T. Weir , LT rainforest ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , 2 km N Rockeby , 13.40°S , 142.40°E , 12 September 1993 , P . Zborowski and S. Shattuck, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , WbyN Bald Hill McIlwraith Ra 500 m , 13.44°S , 143.20°E , 11 km , 26 June – 13 July 1989 , I .D. Naumann, LT search party campsite ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Mt White , 13.58°S , 143.11°E , 12 January 1994 , P . Zborowski and E.D. Edwards, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♂ , Turnoff to Captain Billy Landing , 11.41°S , 142.42°E , 20 August 1992 , J .C. Cardale and P. Zborowski, LT ( ANIC ); 1 ♀ , Lizard Island , NNE of Cooktown , N . Qld , 16 November 1974 , M .S. and B.J. Moulds ( AMS K 358191 ); 1 ♀ , Tonga 20 July 57 D .J.P. (QM); 1 ♂ , East Claudie Riv , 1 July 1982 , M .A. Schneider and G. Daniels , MVL ( QM ); 1 ♀ , Lam . NP 25 May 1962 J. Cribb ( QM ); 1 ♀ , Gatton 15 December 1952 Prasai ( QM ); 1 ♂ , ex Cissus antarctica ( QM ); 1 ♂ , NEQ, ‘ Kingfisher Park ’ 1 km N Julatten , 16°36 ʹ S , 145°20 ʹ E , 29 September 1997 C .J. Burwell ( QM ); 1 ♂ , NEQ, Wallaman Falls Rd Junction , 650 m , 18°39 ʹ S , 145°52 ʹ E , 5 – 12 February 1996 , Monteith , Flight intercept , RF ( QM ); South Australia : 1 ♀ , Kangaroo Island , Flinders Chase NP, West Bay , coastal Mallee , January 1986 , A .D. Austin ( WINC ); 1 ♀ , 9.6 km N of Hawker , 29 February 1972 , E .G. Matthews, LT ( SAM ); 1 ♂ , Marree , 3 December 1964 , P . Aitken and W. Head , LT ( SAM ); 4 ♂♂ , 11 km SW by W Calperum HS , 34.06°S , 140.37°E , 28 February 1995 , Cardale , Colloff , Pullen, LT ; Calperum Station / Bookmark Biosphere Reserve Invertebrate Survey ( ANIC ) . Biology One specimen reared from Kangaroo Treebine ( Cissus antarctica ) Vitaceae . Etymology The name ‘ lutea ’ refers to the overall yellow appearance of the species. Distribution New South Wales, Queensland , and South Australia (including Bon Bon Station; Figure 16 ). CO1 sequence Genbank accession number for this species is KJ438623 .