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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647
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Glyptapanteles austini
species group
The
G. austini
species group contains three species:
G. austini
Fagan-Jeffries & Bird
sp. nov.
,
G. guzikae
Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin
sp. nov.
and
G. kingae
sp. nov.
, which are a monophyletic, molecularly distinct lineage (
Fig. 2
). Two species in this group (
G. guzikae
sp. nov.
and
G. austini
sp. nov.
) are known from single localities in southern SA, whilst
G. kingae
sp. nov.
has a broad distribution and is found in the northern half of WA, central SA and the ACT (
Fig. 4C
). The group can be separated from the other species of
Glyptapanteles
described from
Australia
by the following combination of characters: gena without a pale spot, T1–T2 dark, anteromesoscutum all dark and with punctures without smooth areas greater than the diameter of punctures (i.e., anteromesoscutum not as in the
G. niveus
species group (i.e., not as in
Fig. 12B
)), propodeum not coarsely rugose, T1 only parallel for at most ⅔ of length before narrowing posteriorly, mesoscutellar disk without dense, strong punctures, scape darker or the same colour as flagellomeres, tegula pale, labrum dark.