Glyptapanteles fullawayi Austin & Dangerfield, 1992

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 : 66-67

Glyptapanteles fullawayi Austin & Dangerfield, 1992

Fig. 16C

Diagnosis

The combination of a smooth propodeum, T1–2 dark, T1 only narrowing slightly posteriorly and gena without a pale spot, allow G. fullawayi to be separated from the G. albigena , G. mouldsi , G. eburneus , G. niveus and G. arcanus species groups.

Glyptapanteles fullawayi is morphologically similar (at least using the available illustrations) to the G. austini species group and to Glyptapanteles drioplanetus . Glyptapanteles fullawayi appears to have only 6–7 large pits in the scutellar sulcus (differing from the G. austini species group and from G. drioplanetus , which all have at least 8); however, this character is prone to variability. Despite this, we feel that it is not very likely that this species is conspecific with any of the newly described species due to the distribution being restricted to Western Samoa.

Material examined

No specimens examined, illustrations and diagnosis in Austin & Dangerfield (1992) used as reference ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution

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).