Glyptapanteles sp. 4

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Buffam, Joel, Beaudin, Melanie, Davis, Hannah, Ana Fernandez-Galliano,, Griffin, Emily, Lin, Shang-Yao, McAulay, Megan K., Richter, Robin, Rodriguez, Freddy & Varkonyi, Gergely, 2017, An annotated and illustrated checklist of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland, ZooKeys 691, pp. 49-101 : 59-60

Glyptapanteles sp. 4 Figs 17, 18

Distribution.

NEA. Probably a High Arctic endemic.

Notes.

Four female and 23 male specimens, mostly collected in Victoria Island, with some from Baffin Island (Clyde River). The external genitalia of male specimens suggest that this species might better be placed within Sathon (which would represent the northernmost record for that genus); however, the ovipositor and ovipositor sheaths in females indicate it is better placed within Glyptapanteles . DNA barcodes could only be obtained from three male specimens, but the sequences were too short (104-144 base pairs) and thus DNA barcoding could not conclusively place the species within any of the two potential genera. Based on the length of the female ovipositor we are provisionally placing this species within Glyptapanteles , although this may change with future studies.