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 Genus Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1838 ( Figures 3 , 8 – 14 , 16 – 18 ) http://species-id.net/wiki/ Phanerotoma Type Chelonus dentata Wesmael, 1838: 165 (designated by Haliday, 1840: 63) IRSN (examined). Phanerotoma : Shenefelt 1973: 909 , Zettel, 1988a: 216 ; Zettel 1988b: 199 , 1989a: 318 , 1989b: 528 ; van Achterberg, 1990: 10 ; Zettel 1990a: 4 , 1990b: 147 , 1990d: 1 , 1990e: 153, 1990f: 336 , 1991: 375 , 1992a: 664 , 1992b: 278 ; Kittel and Austin, 2014. For diagnosis of Australian taxa, see (Kittel and Austin 2014). Figure 8. Phanerotoma behriae Zettel, 1988a : (a) habitus, lateral, holotype, scale line = 1 mm, inset type label; (b) head, anterior, holotype, scale line = 0.5 mm; (c) head, dorsal, holotype, scale line = 1 mm; (d) metasoma, dorsal, holotype, scale line = 1 mm; (e) fore wing, other material, scale line = 1 mm. Comments Van Achterberg (1990) stated in his diagnosis of Phanerotoma the presence of three distinctive clypeal teeth, although the number of teeth varies between two and three ( Zettel 1990c ). However, for Australia only a minority of species have three clypeal teeth, and belong to a species group including P. behriae , P. lutea sp. nov. , P. novaguineensis and P. paci fi ca which have a reduced r vein and a much longer 3- SR vein. The subgenus Bracotritoma was discussed by van Achterberg (1990) , and a detailed key was provided to distinguish it from the subgenus Phanerotoma ; however, Bracotritoma was later treated as a junior synonym by Zettel (1990c) . The Australian Phanerotoma fauna consists of species which are not easily recognised as belonging to either subgenus, and thus we follow Zettel ’ s broader definition of the genus here. Figure 9. Phanerotoma bonbonensis sp. nov. : (a) habitus, lateral, paratype, scale line = 1 mm; (b) head, anterior view, holotype, scale line = 0.5 mm; (c) head, dorsal, holotype, scale line = 0.5 mm; (d) metasoma, dorsal, paratype, scale line = 1 mm, indent arrowed; (e) fore wing, paratype, scale line = 1 mm. Key to Phanerotoma from the Australian arid zone 1. Three teeth present on clypeus ( Figure 8b ); 3-SR long, at least 4 times as long as vein r ( Figure 8e ) ........................................................................................................................... 2 - Two teeth present on clypeus ( Figure 9b ); 3-SR short, shorter than the vein r or max. 2 times as long as r ( Figure 9d )................................................................................... 3 2. First and second metasomal tergites white, third orange ( Figure 8d ); face, vertex and frons finely rugose ( Figures 7b – c )..... ..... Phanerotoma behriae Zettel, 1988a - All metasomal tergites completely yellow ( Figure 12c ); face, vertex and frons strigose ( Figure 12b ).................................................... Phanerotoma lutea sp. nov . Figure 10. Phanerotoma bushblitz sp. nov. : (a) habitus, lateral, holotype, scale line = 1 mm; (b) head, anterior view, paratype, scale line = 0.5 mm; (c) metasoma, dorsal, paratype, scale line = 1 mm; (d) fore wing, paratype, scale line = 1 mm. 3. Carapace narrowing to a pointed posterior tip, in dorsal view ( Figure 14d ); ratio of first metasomal tergite to third> 1.8;........ Phanerotoma witchelinaensis sp. nov . - Posterior end of carapace rounded in dorsal view ( Figure 8d ); ratio of first metasomal tergite to third <1.8; ........................................................................................... 4 4. Posterior end of carapace of female not indented ( Figure 13a ) .............................. 5 - Posterior end of carapace of female deeply indented ( Figure 9d , arrowed) ...... 6 5. Carapace with tergites longitudinally strigose; face, vertex and frons finely rugose ( Figure 7b – c )................ ................ Phanerotoma nigriscapulata sp. nov . - Carapace with tergites rugose ( Figure 11b ); face, vertex and frons finely punctate ( Figure 11d )............................ Phanerotoma decticauda Zettel, 1988a Figure 11. Phanerotoma decticauda Zettel, 1988a : (a) habitus, lateral, other material, scale line = 1 mm; (b) mesosoma and metasoma, dorsal, other material, scale line = 1 mm; (c) fore wing, other material, scale line = 1 mm; (d) head, anterior view, other material, scale line = 0.5 mm; (e) head, dorsal, other material, scale line = 0.5 mm. 6. All tergites of carapace rugose ( Figure 10c ); metasoma shorter (females) or equal (males) in length to mesosoma ( Figure 10a ).......... Phanerotoma bushblitz sp. nov . - First and second tergites strigose, third tergite rugose ( Figure 9d ); metasoma 1.1 – 1.3 times as long as mesosoma ( Figure 9a ) ................................................................. ...................................................................................... Phanerotoma bonbonensis sp. nov .