Cotesia glomerata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 18A, C–D

Ichneumon glomeratus Linnaeus, 1758: 568 (holotype unknown).

Apanteles glomeratus Nixon, 1974: 492 (redescription).

Cotesia glomerata – Mason 1981: 112 (transferred from Apanteles s.l.).

For a full list of synonyms and bibliography, see Shenefelt (1972: 519), Yu et al. (2016) and Fernández-Triana et al. (2020).

Diagnosis

Cotesia glomerata can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: ventral hypopygium deeply emarginate; T1 parallel sided; fore wing 2RS not creating a ‘stub’ at junction with r; T3 only sparsely setose, mostly in posterior third; anteromescutum punctate but smoother than most other species.

Material examined

Other material

AUSTRALIA – Victoria • 1 ♀; St. Arnaud, Australian Bible Museum Butterfly Garden; 36.61281° S, 143.25478° E; 2013; E. Reid leg.; reared from Pieris rapae; BOLD COI code for specimens from same rearing event: AUMIC014-18 and AUMIC022-18; WINC • 1 ♀; Hastings; emerged 29 Aug. 2018 from bright yellow cocoons; P. Zacchariah leg.; BOLD COI code for specimen from same rearing event: AUMIC545-19; WINC. – Western Australia • 2 ♂♂; South Perth; 9 Nov. 1983; E. Zenta leg.; Apanteles glomeratus det. A.D. Austin 1984; WINC C.I.E. Coll. A. 15750 .

Distribution

Found in all states and territories of Australia, see Fernández-Triana et al. (2020) for global distribution.

Host

Pieris rapae (Pieridae); see Shenefelt (1972: 519), Nixon (1974: 492) and Yu et al. (2016) for extralimital host records.