Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand Author Fernández-Triana, Jose L. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0425 - 0309 Author Ward, Darren F. New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand & School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-18 4801 2 251 279 journal article 21637 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3 8706a322-fb1f-4689-873a-e03bf02c5a50 1175-5326 3900442 AB3EF130-AF40-4A49-9C85-7DE3ABC398ED Notogaster walkeri Fernandez-Triana & Ward , sp. nov. ( Figs 19 A–G) Holotype . Female ( NZAC ), NEW ZEALAND , WD , Gates of Haast , 250m , -44.0396 169.3797 , sweeping, 15/ iii/2010 , L. Masner. Voucher code: NZAC04194499 . Voucher code in BOLD : WAM 0314 . Paratypes . 24 Females , 18 Males ( CNC , LUNZ , NZAC ) . 1 Male , BP , Orete Forest , Te Puia hut, 25/1/1993 – 29/1/1993 , RC Henderson , Pan trap , NZAC04049159 ; 1 Female , 1 Male , BP , Te Araroa , Tokata , 2/2/1993 – 4/2/1993 , RC Henderson , Pan trap , NZAC04049253 , NZAC04192575 ; 1 Male , BR , Lake Rotoiti , 28/12/1984 , AK Walker , Sweeping , Nothofgaus forest , swampy area, NZAC04049230 ; 1 Female , BR , Punakaiki , 29/12/1983 – 3/1/1984 , L Masner , Malaise trap , CNC ; 1 Male , BR , Punakaiki , 29/12/1983 – 3/1/1984 , L Masner , Malaise trap , GOU 0478 ; 7 Females , MC , Banks Peninsula , Prices Valley , Dec 1980 , RP Macfarlane , Malaise trap , edge of native bush, NZAC04049085 , NZAC04191746 , NZAC04198780 , NZAC04045259 , NZAC04193885 , NZAC04194621 , NZAC04099236 ; 3 Females , 6 Males , MC , Lincoln University Orchard IFP block, 2/2/1996 , AR Gibb , Malaise trap , NZAC04198783 ; NZAC04049581 , NZAC04195073 , NZAC04192669 , ZAC04196198, NZAC04192393 , NZAC04195021 , NZAC04195739 , NZAC04193138 ; 3 Males , MC , Prices Valley , 5/3/1981 – 24/3/1981 , JW Early , Malaise trap , LUNZ ; 1 Female , NN , Abel Tasman National Park , Harwoods track, 720m , 3/2/1981 , JW Early , Sweeping , moss, ferns on forest floor, CNC1196547 ; 1 Female , NN , Abel Tasman National Park , Harwoods track, 720m , 3/2/1981 , RM Emberson , Beating , Nothofagus menziesii, CNC1196876 ; 3 Females , 1 Male , NN , Abel Tasman National Park , Harwoods track, 720m , 3/2/1981 , JW Early , Sweeping , moss, ferns on forest floor, LUNZ ; 2 Females , 1 Male , NN , Abel Tasman National Park , Harwoods track, 720m , 3/2/1981 , RM Emberson , Beating , Nothofagus menziesii, LUNZ ; 1 Female , NN , Mt Burnett , 450m , 8/2/1981 , JW Early , Sweeping , ferns and Freycinetia , LUNZ ; 1 Female , SL , Catlins , Waipati Scenic reserve , 7/2/1982 , JW Early , Sweeping , ferns in Podocarp- Broadleaf forest , LUNZ ; 1 Female , TK , below Mt Messenger , 15/12/1983 , L Masner , Sweeping , CNC ; 1 Female , TK , Mt Egmont National Park , 16/12/1983 , L Masner , Sweeping , GOU 0479 ; 2 Males , WD , Gates of Haast , 250m , 15/3/2010 , L Masner , Sweeping , WAM 0316 , WAM 0317 ; 1 Male , WD , Lake Kaniere , 135m , 16/3/1980 , A Newton , M Thayer , Podocarp-Broadleaf forest , CNC ; 1 Female , WD , Lake Kaniere , 13km South Hokitika , 30/12/1983 , L Masner , Sweeping , CNC841289 . Diagnostic description. Mesosoma entirely to mostly dark (dark brown or black), lighter areas very small and localized; metasoma dorsally entirely dark (brown or black); gena with relatively large and clear pale spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa pale or mostly light brown, with small yellow area apically; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellowbrown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 varying from mostly smooth to mostly sculptured. See Table 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster walkeri can be distinguished from all other Notogaster species based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma being mostly to entirely dark brown to black while legs are entirely to mostly yellow, and the gena having a relatively large pale spot at base. Only N. poultonae and N. withersae share those features, but N. walkeri can be separate from both based on its longer flagellomeres distally, smaller OOL, thinner T 1 and more trapezoidal T 2 (see key for more details). FIGURE 19. Notogaster walkeri sp. nov. , holotype, female: A—habitus, lateral; B—head, frontal; C—fore wing; D—head and mesosoma, lateral; E—propodeum and T1, dorsal; F—metasoma and ovipositor, lateral; G—head and mesosoma, dorsal. Molecular data. The species has one DNA barcode compliant sequence and two partial (407 bp) sequences in BOLD , corresponding to BIN BOLD :ACI3690, which is 7.09% different to the closest BIN in BOLD . Distribution. BP, BR, MC, NN, SL, TK, WD ( Fig. 8 ). Etymology. Named after Graham Walker for his contribution to entomology in New Zealand .