Eadya paropsidis Huddleston & Short, 1978

Ridenbaugh, Ryan D., Barbeau, Erin & Sharanowski, Barbara J., 2018, Description of four new species of Eadya (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), parasitoids of the Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis charybdis) and other Eucalyptus defoliating leaf beetles, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64, pp. 141-175 : 155-156

Eadya paropsidis Huddleston & Short, 1978 Figs 10A-C ; 11A-F

Diagnosis.

Eadya paropsidis can be distinguished from all other members of Eadya by the following combination of characters: Clypeus flanged at ventral margin, with two medial tubercles projecting outward (Fig. 11A ); frons with inter-antennal and lateral carina strongly flanged (Fig. 11B ); occipital carina emarginate (Fig. 11B ); occiput strongly concave; notaulus crenulate (Fig. 11C ); scutellar sulcus divided into many deep pits by ridge like longitudinal carinae (Fig. 11C ); sternaulus crenulate (Fig. 11D ); propodeum not rounded in appearance from lateral angle (Fig. 10A ), with transverse carina creating a distinct posterior face (Fig. 11E, F ) when viewed laterally; propodeal spiracle circular; head orange except for antenna, apex of mandible, and ocellar triangle black (Fig. 11A, B ); pronotum orange except for lateral posterior margins black (Figs 10A , 11B ); propleuron orange; hindwing infuscate with dark brown veins except for anal, basal, subbasal, and anterior half of discal cells hyaline (Fig. 10C ); legs black except for foreleg orange with tibia dark orange medially and anterior and posterior apices brown, tarsi black (Fig. 10A ); amino acid sequence (112-118) TRNFIGI (Fig. 15 ).

Description.

Female. Body Length 6.29mm. Ovipositor Length 1.08mm.

Color. Head orange except for antenna, apex of mandible, and ocellar triangle black (Figs 10A, B ; 11A, B ); pronotum orange except for lateral posterior margins black (Figs 10A, B ; 11A, B ); propleuron orange; mesothorax black (Figs 10A, B ; 11C, D ); metathorax black (Figs 10A, B ; 11D, E, F ); forewing infuscate with dark brown veins except for anal, basal, and subbasal cells hyaline (Fig. 10C ); hindwing infuscate with dark brown veins except for anal, basal, subbasal, and anterior half of discal cells hyaline (Fig. 10C ); legs black except for foreleg orange with tibia dark orange medially and anterior and posterior apices brown, tarsi black (Fig. 10A, B ); abdomen black except for ovipositor orange (Fig. 10A, B ).

Head. Clypeus simple, smooth with scattered setae, flanged at ventral margin, with two medial tubercles projecting outward (Fig. 11A ); mandibles overlapping, dorsal and ventral teeth of equal length (Fig. 11A ); face finely punctate with associated setae (Fig. 11A ); frons rugulose, inter-antennal and lateral carina strongly flanged, starting at the toruli and reaching the ocellar triangle (Fig. 11A, B ); vertex smooth with scattered setae (Fig. 11B ); occipital carinae emarginate (See arrow, Fig. 11B ), reaching hypostomal carina; hypostomal carina strongly flanged, meeting the mandible and bending around to the mandibular condyle; occiput smooth, strongly concave (Fig. 11B , see arrow).

Mesosoma. Pronotum exposed in dorsal view, pronope and subpronope absent, smooth except for a faint crenulate line extending laterally and rugulose sculpturing along the lateral posterior margin (Fig. 11B, C ); mesoscutum with rugulose sculpturing along the posterior margin of median mesonotal lobe (Fig. 11C ); notaulus crenulate (Fig. 11C ); scutellar sulcus divided into many deep pits by ridge like longitudinal carinae (Fig. 11C ); sternaulus crenulate (Fig. 11D ); propodeum rugose and pubescent, not rounded in appearance from lateral angle, with transverse carina (see arrows, Fig. 11F ) creating a distinct posterior face when viewed laterally (Figs 10A ; 11E, F ); propodeal spiracle circular; coxa, trochanter, trochantellus, and femur covered in setae, tibia and tarsus pubescent (Fig. 10A, B ); tarsal claws simple.

Forewing. r-m curved slightly towards stigma before reaching the junction of 3RSa and 3RSb (Fig. 10C ).

Hindwing. R1a with three hamuli.

Metasoma. Metasomal tergite 1 petiolate, spiracle protruding as a tubercle at about the middle of the segment, dorsal and lateral surface punctate with associated setae (Fig. 9E ); ovipositor straight.

Male. Same as female.

Host.

Paropsis atomaria Olivier, 1807, Paropsis tasmanica Baly, 1866, Paropsis charybdis .

Diagnostic molecular characters.

(22-27) MWSGII; (32-34) SVL; (41-46) ILGRLI; (54) S; (67-73) IVIPIII; (81) V; (90) M; (95-98) INNI; (104-109) PPSLIL; (112-118) TRNFIGI; (126) I; (133-139) NLRHRGI; (143-144) IS; (150) L; (157) M; (167-169) INI; (172-191) LGLNYDNISLLVWSVNITAI (Fig. 15 ).

Distribution.

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania.

Type material examined.

Holotype, Female ( ANIC), "Canberra, A.C.T., Em. 1. 1. 58 cx, host larva coll. 4. 1. 57. Parasite of Paropsis reticulata . C.I.E. COLL. NO. 18079. Eadya paropsidis Holotype det. T. Huddleston, 1977. ANIC Database No. 32 111891". Paratype, Female ( ANIC), "Canberra, A.C.T., 1. 10. 1957, Dissected from cocoon, Parasite of Paropsis reticulata , CIE COLL No 18079. Eadya paropsidis Paratype Female det T. Huddleston, 1977, Aust. Nat. Ins. Coll.".

Non-type material examined.

See Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 9. Eadya falcata holotype. A Head, frontal view B Head, dorsal view, arrow pointing to emarginate occipital carinae C Head and mesoscutum, dorsal view D Mesopleuron, lateral view E Propodeum, dorsal view.

Figure 10. Eadya paropsidis. A Lateral habitus B Dorsal habitus C Fore and hindwing. All scale bars are 1 mm in length.

Figure 11. Eadya paropsidis. A Head, frontal view B Head, dorsal view, arrow pointing to emarginate occipital carinae C Head and mesoscutum, dorsal view D Mesopleuron, lateral view E Propodeum, dorsal view F Propodeum, dorsal view, with arrows indicating transverse carinae. All scale bars are 1 mm in length.

Figure 15. Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 amino acid sequences from Peixoto et al. (2018). Boxes indicate diagnostic molecular characters. For each sequence a unique corresponding DNA voucher code is listed as BJS followed by a number.