Glyptapanteles operculinae (Fullaway, 1941)

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 : 94

Glyptapanteles operculinae (Fullaway, 1941)

Fig. 16D

Diagnosis

This species has a distinctive scutellum, with the lateral band extremely broad so that the lateral scutellum is compressed into a narrow crenulated sulcus. This, along with the T1 being extremely sharply narrowing posteriorly from a broad anterior width, means this species is very unlikely to be conspecific with any of the newly described Australian species.

Material examined

No specimens examined; illustrations and redescription in Austin & Dangerfield (1992) used as reference ( Fig. 16D ).

Distribution

American Samoa, Western Samoa.

Figures

Fig. 16. A–B. Glyptapanteles afiamaluanus (Fullaway, 1941), holotype, ♀ (BPBM) A. Propodeum and T1–2. B. Fore wing. C. G. fullawayi Austin & Dangerfield, 1992, holotype, ♂ (BPBM), dorsal scutellum, propodeum and T1–2. D. G. operculinae (Fullaway, 1941), holotype, ♀ (BPBM), dorsal scutellum, propodeum and T1–2. Reproduced from Austin & Dangerfield (1992).