Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species Author Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. C724E269-029E-49E8-8D95-6F5A5DA6BAAF Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia. & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia. erinn.fagan-jeffries@adelaide.edu.au Author Austin, Andrew D. DE71F924-750D-490D-84A7-F5960066F7CC Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia. & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia. andy.austin@adelaide.edu.au text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-06-16 667 667 1 70 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.667 6ca7492b-a52e-4200-ba83-d92dfbeb2ea5 2118-9773 3899324 59113117-7A31-4969-BA24-4E8E45EBF24A Cotesia erionotae ( Wilkinson, 1928 ) Fig. 16A Apanteles erionotae Wilkinson, 1928: 83 ( holotype , ♀ , NHMUK). Cotesia erionotae – Austin & Dangerfield 1992: 21 (transfer from Apanteles s.l. ). Diagnosis Cotesia erionotae can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: T3 pale; T1–2 mostly pale; antennae pale. Material examined Holotype MALAYSIA • 1 ♀ ; Parit Buntar; Mar. 1922 ; G.H. Corbett leg.; parasite from Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) ; “233”; NHMUK 3.c.1037. Distribution Malaysia (from type specimens); Papua New Guinea (introduced, see Waterhouse et al. 1998 ); Thailand , Mauritius (introduced), Guam (introduced), Hawaii (introduced), Saipan (introduced) ( Waterhouse & Norris 1989 ). Host Erionota thrax (Hesperiidae) (record from type material), gregarious ( Okolle et al. 2006 ). Remarks We include this species in the key due to its presence in Papua New Guinea , but it is not known to occur in Australia .