Notogaster walkeri Fernandez-Triana & Ward, 2020

Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, Zootaxa 4801 (2), pp. 251-279 : 273-275

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB3EF130-AF40-4A49-9C85-7DE3ABC398ED
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B31287AD-144A-4130-2C9B-FCADE78C1AF7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Notogaster walkeri Fernandez-Triana & Ward
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Notogaster walkeri Fernandez-Triana & Ward , sp. nov.

( Figs 19 View FIGURE 19 A–G)

Holotype. Female ( NZAC), NEW ZEALAND, WD, Gates of Haast, 250m, -44.0396 169.3797, sweeping, 15/ iii/2010, L. Masner. Voucher code: NZAC04194499 About NZAC . Voucher code in BOLD: WAM 0314 About WAM . GoogleMaps

Paratypes. 24 Females, 18 Males ( CNC, LUNZ, NZAC) . 1 Male, BP , Orete Forest , Te Puia hut, 25/1/1993 – 29/1/1993, RC Henderson, Pan trap, NZAC04049159 About NZAC ; 1 Female, 1 Male, BP , Te Araroa, Tokata , 2/2/1993 – 4/2/1993, RC Henderson, Pan trap, NZAC04049253 About NZAC , NZAC04192575 About NZAC ; 1 Male, BR , Lake Rotoiti , 28/12/1984, AK Walker, Sweeping, Nothofgaus forest , swampy area, NZAC04049230 About NZAC ; 1 Female, BR , Punakaiki , 29/12/1983 – 3/1/1984, L Masner, Malaise trap, CNC ; 1 Male, BR , Punakaiki , 29/12/1983 – 3/1/1984, L Masner, Malaise trap, GOU 0478 ; 7 Females, MC , Banks Peninsula, Prices Valley , Dec 1980, RP Macfarlane, Malaise trap, edge of native bush, NZAC04049085 About NZAC , NZAC04191746 About NZAC , NZAC04198780 About NZAC , NZAC04045259 About NZAC , NZAC04193885 About NZAC , NZAC04194621 About NZAC , NZAC04099236 About NZAC ; 3 Females, 6 Males, MC , Lincoln University Orchard IFP block, 2/2/1996, AR Gibb, Malaise trap, NZAC04198783 About NZAC ; NZAC04049581 About NZAC , NZAC04195073 About NZAC , NZAC04192669 About NZAC , ZAC04196198, NZAC04192393 About NZAC , NZAC04195021 About NZAC , NZAC04195739 About NZAC , NZAC04193138 About NZAC ; 3 Males, MC , Prices Valley , 5/3/1981 – 24/3/1981, JW Early, Malaise trap, LUNZ ; 1 Female, NN , Abel Tasman National Park, Harwoods track, 720m, 3/2/1981, JW Early, Sweeping, moss, ferns on forest floor, CNC1196547 View Materials ; 1 Female, NN , Abel Tasman National Park, Harwoods track, 720m, 3/2/1981, RM Emberson, Beating , Nothofagus menziesii, CNC1196876 View Materials ; 3 Females, 1 Male, NN , Abel Tasman National Park, Harwoods track, 720m, 3/2/1981, JW Early, Sweeping, moss, ferns on forest floor, LUNZ ; 2 Females, 1 Male, NN , Abel Tasman National Park, Harwoods track, 720m, 3/2/1981, RM Emberson, Beating , Nothofagus menziesii, LUNZ ; 1 Female, NN , Mt Burnett , 450m, 8/2/1981, JW Early, Sweeping, ferns and Freycinetia, LUNZ ; 1 Female, SL , Catlins, Waipati Scenic reserve, 7/2/1982, JW Early, Sweeping, ferns in Podocarp- Broadleaf forest , LUNZ ; 1 Female, TK , below Mt Messenger , 15/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, CNC ; 1 Female, TK , Mt Egmont National Park , 16/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, GOU 0479 ; 2 Males, WD , Gates of Haast , 250m, 15/3/2010, L Masner, Sweeping, WAM 0316 About WAM , WAM 0317 About WAM ; 1 Male, WD , Lake Kaniere, 135m, 16/3/1980, A Newton, M Thayer, Podocarp-Broadleaf forest , CNC ; 1 Female, WD , Lake Kaniere , 13km South Hokitika, 30/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, CNC841289 View Materials .

Diagnostic description. Mesosoma entirely to mostly dark (dark brown or black), lighter areas very small and localized; metasoma dorsally entirely dark (brown or black); gena with relatively large and clear pale spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa pale or mostly light brown, with small yellow area apically; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellowbrown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 varying from mostly smooth to mostly sculptured. See Table 1 View TABLE 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster walkeri can be distinguished from all other Notogaster species based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma being mostly to entirely dark brown to black while legs are entirely to mostly yellow, and the gena having a relatively large pale spot at base. Only N. poultonae and N. withersae share those features, but N. walkeri can be separate from both based on its longer flagellomeres distally, smaller OOL, thinner T 1 and more trapezoidal T 2 (see key for more details).

Molecular data. The species has one DNA barcode compliant sequence and two partial (407 bp) sequences in BOLD, corresponding to BIN BOLD:ACI3690, which is 7.09% different to the closest BIN in BOLD.

Distribution. BP, BR, MC, NN, SL, TK, WD ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1−9 ).

Etymology. Named after Graham Walker for his contribution to entomology in New Zealand.

NZAC	New Zealand Arthropod Collection
CNC	Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes
LUNZ	Lincoln University Entomology Research Museum
BP	Hungarian Natural History Museum
BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection
AK	Auckland War Memorial Museum
MC	Museo de Cipolleti
RM	McGill University, Redpath Museum
SL	University of Sierra Leone, Njala University College
TK	Tomsk State University
T	Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics