Glyptapanteles afiamaluanus (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 : 20

Glyptapanteles afiamaluanus (Fullaway, 1941)

Fig. 16A–B

Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles afiamaluanus is easily separated from any of the described species of Glyptapanteles in the Australasian region by the distinctive shape of T1, which broadens significantly in the anterior half and then narrows posteriorly and the strong median carina on the propodeum.

Material examined

No specimens examined, illustrations in Austin & Dangerfield (1992: figs 49–50) used as reference ( Fig. 16A–B ).

Remarks

Host unknown. This species is very distinctive amongst the Australasian fauna and the genus placement is very tentative.

Distribution

Samoa (Upolu Is).

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).