Systematic revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) for Australia results in a ten-fold increase in 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
McCLELLAND, Alana R.
3FDC78D1-CDF3-472F-B4EE-63A43C1730AF
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
alana.mcclelland@adelaide.edu.au
Author
Bird, Andrew J.
DC97FEB2-1BB0-48CE-9178-0C5F98131CC0
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
andrewbird@ozemail.com.au
Author
Giannotta, Madalene M.
FF66BA72-4585-402F-AA42-61C9B7856048
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Black Mountain, ACT, Australia and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia.
madalene.giannotta@gmail.com
Author
Bradford, Tessa M.
D018F430-ED59-47BA-BF6A-EF8C6675AC20
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia. & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia.
tessa.bradford@samuseum.sa.gov.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.
andrew.austin@adelaide.edu.au
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-02-08
792
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647
journal article
20694
10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647
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2118-9773
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Glyptapanteles andamookaensis
Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
B0900129-30DE-49B5-9853-D09AD31602AC
Figs 8A
,
18
Diagnosis
Glyptapanteles andamookaensis
sp. nov.
is in the
G. albigena
species group and can be separated from the other members of the species group by the pale spot on the gena being small but clearly visible, T2 dark, propodeum with the median carina completely absent and hind femur mostly dark (sometimes with a lighter area anteriorly).
Etymology
Glyptapanteles andamookaensis
sp. nov.
is named after the collection locality.
Material examined
Holotype
AUSTRALIA
•
♀
;
South Australia
,
Andamooka Station
;
-30.8198802
,
137.1783585
to -30.6998403, 137.1574435;
31 Aug. 2016
;
R. Leijs
leg.;
Vehicle net
,
Bush Blitz Lake Torrens
; Extraction260, BOLD: AUMIC130-18;
SAMA 32-035451
.
Paratype
AUSTRALIA
•
1 ♀
; same collection data as for holotype; Extraction565, BOLD: AUMIC357-18;
SAMA 32-035452
.
Fig. 18.
Glyptapanteles andamookaensis
Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin
sp. nov.
A–C, F–G
. Holotype, ♀ (SAMA 32-035451).
D–E
. Paratype, ♀ (SAMA 32-035452).
A
. Fore wing.
B
. Dorsal metasoma.
C
. Dorsal mesosoma.
D
. Lateral habitus.
E
. Dorsal head.
F
. Anterior head.
G
. Lateral head.
Description
Female
COLOURATION. Gena with a pale spot; labrum reddish-brown; scape colour in ventral half the same colour or darker than flagellomeres; flagellomeres all black/dark brown; tegula pale; wing veins uniformly black or brown, or with small lighter area proximally; anteromesoscutum all dark; scutellar disk and metanotum dark; propodeum dark; fore coxa dark; mid coxa dark; hind coxa dark; fore femur pale yellow; mid femur pale yellow; hind femur dark reddish-brown; fore tibia orange to light brown; mid tibia orange to light brown; hind tibia darkening posteriorly; hind basitarsus light brown; T1 dark; T2 sclerotised area dark, dark area extending past indentation to non-sclerotised area, but T2 lateral area then pale; T3 dark; T4+ dark.
HOLOTYPE
BODY MEASUREMENTS. Body length
2.7 mm
; fore wing length
2.7 mm
; antennal length slightly longer than body length.
HEAD. Antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 2.00; antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 3.57; OOD/ POD 1.25–1.38; IOD/POD 1.88.
MESOSOMA. Anteromesoscutum sculpturing with only very shallow punctures, reasonably smooth; scutellar disk sculpturing with only very shallow punctures, smooth and shiny; 10–11 pits in scutellar sulcus; propodeum with median carina absent, only very shallow punctures associated with setae.
WINGS. Pterostigma length
0.71 mm
; pterostigma width
0.29 mm
; r
0.18 mm
; 2RS
0.15 mm
;
2m
0.11 mm
; (RS+M)b
0.13 mm
.
METASOMA. T1 wedge-shaped, narrowing posteriorly for entirety of length, lateral edges straight (but not parallel); T1 smooth and shiny; T1 length
0.41 mm
; T1 width at posterior edge
0.08 mm
; T2 an isosceles trapezoid, lateral edges straight; T2 smooth and shiny; T2 length
0.17 mm
; T2 width at posterior edge
0.28 mm
; ovipositor slightly protruding from end of metasoma.
Male
Unknown.
Remarks
Glyptapanteles andamookaensis
sp. nov.
constitutes BIN: BOLD:ADL4705 and is 6.41% (p-dist.) divergent from the closet BIN in the database (BOLD:ADL3094;
Glyptapanteles aspersus
sp. nov.
).
Using the BOLD Batch ID engine, the
COI
barcode of the
holotype
is 6.5% different from the most similar
COI
sequence from an Australian specimen (AUMIC374-18;
Glyptapanteles aspersus
sp. nov.
). The two available specimens, both sequenced for the
wingless
gene, share a unique barcode, that differs by a minimum of 1 bp from all other species with available sequence data.
Distribution
This species is known only from Andamooka Station in the central arid region of SA.