Glyptapanteles ficus (Granger, 1949) Granger, 1949

Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3616 (6), pp. 501-547 : 534

Glyptapanteles ficus (Granger, 1949) comb. nov.

( Fig. 15 e–f)

Apanteles ficus Granger, 1949: 249 .

Diagnosis. Mesopleuron largely smooth beyond the anterior third. Fore wing with angle between r and 2Rs indistinct, both veins forming an almost continuous curve. Propodeum shagreened without distinct sculpture. Hind coxa reddish, totally smooth.

Description. cf. Granger, 1949: 249 for details.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE Ƥ (MNHN) Verbatim label data: Madagascar Bekily Reg. sud de l’ile, IX.1936, A. Seyrig; complete. Other material ( Reunion) St Philippe / Mare Longue, alt. 350m, II.2001, leg. Cirad.

Host records. Naroma signifera Walker ( Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae ).

Distribution records. Madagascar. Reunion (new record).

Comments. The tergum 1 of the holotype of A. ficus Granger ( Fig. 15 f) justifies its placement in the genus Glyptapanteles .

Figures

FIGURE 15. Glyptapanteles spp. a: G. c h i d r a sp. nov., female, habitus; b: G. c h i d r a, propodeum and terga 2 – 3; c: G. antsirabensis (Granger) comb. nov., female, habitus; d: G. antsirabensis, propodeum and terga 1 – 2; e: G. ficus (Granger) comb. nov., female, habitus; f: G. ficus, propodeum and terga 1 – 3; g: G. subandinus (Blanchard) comb. nov., female, habitus; h: G. subandinus, fore wing; i: G. subandinus, propodeum and tergum 1.