Glyptapanteles aucklandensis (Cameron, 1909)

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Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles aucklandensis was described from a single male specimen that is not in excellent condition; however, it can be separated from many of the Australian species as follows: from the G. albigena species group by the absence of a pale gena spot, from the mouldsi and eburneus species groups by having T1–2 dark and from the niveus species group by having a relatively smooth anteromesoscutum. With only the one male type available for examination, we cannot conclusively differentiate G. aucklandensis from other Australian species, although we note that it has a large number of pits in the scutellar sulcus

(>16) which, if consistent among the rest of the individuals in the species, would separate it easily. There is very little overlap between the Australian and New Zealand microgastrine fauna, with the Glyptapanteles from New Zealand on BOLD forming a distinct clade (Fig. 1), so we feel there is little risk that this species is conspecific with any of the newly described ones from Australia.

Material examined

Holotype NEW ZEALAND • ♂; Auckland; “ P. Cameron Coll 191?-110”; NHMUK 3.c998 (only images examined).

Remarks

Host unknown.

Distribution

New Zealand (Auckland Is).