Glyptapanteles deliasa Austin & Dangerfield, 1992

Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., McCLELLAND, Alana R., Bird, Andrew J., Giannotta, Madalene M., Bradford, Tessa M. & Austin, Andrew D., 2022, Systematic revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) for Australia results in a ten-fold increase in species, European Journal of Taxonomy 792 (1), pp. 1-116 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:18DB5F54-5CEB-498E-A6F1-E570E6A57833

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6308836

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487E7-EF4D-4A2E-AAF5-886DFD6DF87D

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Felipe

scientific name

Glyptapanteles deliasa Austin & Dangerfield, 1992
status

 

Glyptapanteles deliasa Austin & Dangerfield, 1992

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Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles deliasa can be separated from the other described species of Glyptapanteles in Australia by the combination of the following characters: gena without a pale spot, T1 and T2 dark, anteromesoscutum very smooth, with only shallow and regular punctures, no orange markings on the postero-lateral anteromesoscutum, propodeum very smooth with only shallow punctures and the median carina faintly indicated, T1 parallel-sided for most of length, only narrowing/curving inwards right at boundary with T3, ventral side of antennal scape (at least in distal half) darker than flagellomeres, tegula dark.

Material examined

Paratypes AUSTRALIA • 2 ♀♀; South Australia, Waikerie ; 22 Jun. 1988; M.D. Moore leg.; ex Delias aganippe (Donovan) (Pieridae); WINC .

Remarks

There is a possibility that this species is conspecific with Cotesia deliadis (Bingham, 1906) , as it is morphologically very similar and parasitises the same host. However, several attempts to extract DNA from paratype specimens to either confirm or refute this hypothesis have been unsuccessful. As such, we leave it within the genus Glyptapanteles until next-generation sequencing techniques can be used on the type series.

Distribution

Known from Australia, currently only from SA.

WINC

Australia, South Australia, Glen Osmond, Adelaide University, Waite Campus, Waite Insect & Nematode Collection

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