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 anthelae ( Wilkinson, 1928 ) Figs 10A , 13 Apanteles anthelae Wilkinson, 1928a: 102 ( holotype , ♀ , NHMUK). Cotesia anthelae – Austin & Dangerfield 1992: 21 (transfer from Apanteles s.l. ). Diagnosis Cotesia anthelae can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: T2 ovoid shaped with very strong, distinct crenulate margins; scutoscutellar sulcus with 6–8 pits; scutellar disk mostly smooth with some shallow punctures; T1 mostly parallel sided. Table 1. Host-parasitoid checklist for the Australasian Cotesia fauna. Abbreviations: S = solitary; G = gregarious; U = unknown.
Cotesia sp. S / G / U Host Host family Reference
anthelae U Anthela ocellata Anthelidae Type material
australiensis G Opodiphthera eucalypti Saturniidae Wilkinson 1930
Delias argenthona Pieridae Type material
deliadis G Delias aganippe Pieridae Examined material, new host record from this study
erionotae G Erionota thrax Hesperiidae Type material
flavipes G Sesamia spp. Noctuidae Muirhead et al . 2012
Chilo spp. Noctuidae Li 1990
geometricae G Mnesampela privata Geometridae Type material; original description
glomerata G Pieris rapae Pieridae Shenefelt 1972: 519 ; examined material
kazak S Helicoverpa armigera Noctuidae Original description; le Masurier 1987
Helicoverpa punctigera Noctuidae Examined material; Austin & Dangerfield 1992
lasallei U Unknown
medusae G Catopsilia gorgophone Pieridae Type material
nonagriae G Bathytricha truncata Noctuidae Muirhead et al. 2008
ocellata U Unknown
philoeampa U Unknown
radiantis G Agrotis munda Noctuidae Type material
reidarum S Candalides delospila Lycaenidae Type material
rubecula S Pieris rapae Pieridae Original description
Agrotis ipsilon Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
Agrotis ipsilon Noctuidae from examined material
Agrotis sp. Noctuidae from original description of A. antipoda
Chrysodeixis argentifera Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
Chrysodeixis eriosoma Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
ruficrus G Graphania ustistriga Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
Helicoverpa armigera Noctuidae from examined material
Hypsipyla robusta Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
Mythimna convecta Noctuidae from examined material
Naranga diffusa Noctuidae Austin & Dangerfield 1992
Plusia sp. Noctuidae record from specimens from original description of A. sydneyensis
rufiventris G Ogyris zosine Lycaenidae Dodd 1906 and examined material
scripta G Epicoma contristis Notodontidae Type material
tjapekki U Unknown
urabae S Uraba lugens Noctuidae Original description
vestalis S Plutella xylostella Plutellidae Examined material
wonboynensis G Anthela connexa Anthelidae Type material
sp. nr. icipe U Unknown
Material examined Holotype AUSTRALIA • ♀ ; Victoria ; “ Apanteles dardalae Cam. type”; on moth Darala ocellata ; NHMUK 3.c.002 . Card contains the type marked with a x and an additional ♀ specimen, here referred to as the paratype. Paratype AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for holotype; NHMUK 3.c.002 . Redescription Female From holotype ; propodeum, T1 and metatibal spur/metabasitarsus ratio measured and imaged on paratype due to position of wings and legs in holotype . COLOUR. Head, antenna and mesosoma dark, T1–2 dark, rest of metasoma pale at anterior end, darkening towards hypopygium, (fore-, mid-, hind coxa) dark, dark, dark; femora (fore-, mid-, hind femur) pale, pale, pale darkening distally; tibiae (fore-, mid-, hind tibia) light brown, light brown, light brown (paler at proximal end); tegula and humeral complex light brown; pterostigma light brown; fore wing veins light brown. BODY LENGTH. Head to apex of metasoma: 2.6 mm . HEAD. Antenna slightly longer than body length; OOL/posterior ocellus diameter 2.1; IOD/posterior ocellus diameter 2.1; antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 4.4; antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 3.1. MESOSOMA. Anteromesoscutum irregularly punctate, punctures not perfectly round, some areas tending towards reticulate rugose; number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 7 or 8; scutellar disc mostly smooth with some shallow punctures; maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum (unable to measure due to wing placement). WINGS. Fore wing length 3.0 mm; length of veins r/2RS 1.0; length of veins 2RS/2M 1.5; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 0.9; pterostigma length/width 3.3. LEGS. Hind tibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length 0.6. PROPODEUM. Medial carina present, propodeum smooth and shiny at anterior corners, posterior to this propodeum with irregular rugose sculpturing, posterior corner thirds with shiny area amongst sculpturing carinae. METASOMA. T1 length / T1 width at posterior margin 1.7; T1 generally parallel sided, very slightly narrowing at centre, and more significantly curving inwards (narrowing) at posterior corners, smooth in anterior half, with large shallow punctures in posterior half; T2 width at posterior margin / T2 length 1.6, the sclerotised area of T2 very rounded, sculpturing irregular in anterior half, smoother in posterior half, with clear short crenulate furrow at posterior boundary and lateral edges; T2 length / T3 length 0.7; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; ovipositor sheaths length/hind tibial length 0.2. Male Unknown. Fig. 13. Cotesia anthelae ( Wilkinson, 1928 ) . A . Paratype (NHMUK 3.c.002). B–E . Holotype (NHMUK 3.c.002). A . Propodeum and T1–2. B . Anteromesoscutum. C . Fore wing. D . Habitus in lateral view. E . Head in anterior view. Distribution Vic ( type specimens), NSW (record from Austin & Dangerfield 1992 ). Host Anthela ocellata (Walker, 1855) (record from type specimens) ( Anthelidae ), cocoons white. Opodiphthera eucalypti (Scott, 1864) (from Austin & Dangerfield 1992 , this record remains unconfirmed as no corresponding specimens were located in collections, and is possibly erroneous). Remarks Wilkinson (1928a) notes in the description of this species that the manuscript name “ Apanteles dardalae ” given by Cameron on the holotype label appears to have not been published.