Cotesia kazak ( Telenga, 1949 )

Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. & Austin, Andrew D., 2020, Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 667 (667), pp. 1-70 : 27

Cotesia kazak ( Telenga, 1949)

Figs 8A , 18B, E

Apanteles kazak Telenga, 1949: 385 (lectotype, ♀, ZIN).

Cotesia kazak – Papp 1988: 153 (transfer from Apanteles s.l.).

Diagnosis

Cotesia kazak can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: anteromesoscutum punctulate, smoother than most species; T3 densely setose; fore wing 2RS not creating a ‘stub’ at junction with r; T1 parallel sided.

Material examined

Other material

AUSTRALIA – Western Australia • 2 ♀♀; “ Maraginiup ” [ Mariginiup ]; 20 Mar. 1990; P. Hutchinson leg.; ex. Heliothis on Lucerne; emerged 2 Apr. 1990; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC • 1 ♂; Carabooda; 1 Mar. 1990; S. Harrington leg.; ex. Heliothis on Lucerne; emerged 9 Mar. 1990; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC • 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Wokalup RS [ Research Station ]; 17 Feb. 1988; P. Lawrence leg.; ex. Heliothis punctiger ; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC.

Distribution

Palearctic. Introduced to WA ( Michael et al. 1984) and New Zealand ( Carl 1978; Cameron & Valentine 1985) for the biological control of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) .

Host

Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae) (record from description and biological control literature), solitary ( le Masurier 1987). Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren, 1860) , solitary (from examined material).

Figures

Fig. 8. A. Cotesia kazak (Telenga, 1949), anteromesoscutum (WINC, Mariginiup specimen). B. C. reidarum sp. nov., anteromesoscutum (holotype, QM T246703).

Fig. 18. A. Cotesia glomerata (Linnaeus, 1758), specimen from South Perth (WINC), habitus in dorsal view. B. C. kazak (Telenga, 1949), specimen from Mariginiup (WINC), habitus in dorsal view. C. C. glomerata, specimen from Victoria (WINC), hypopygium in ventral view, arrow pointing towards emarginated area. D. C. glomerata, fore wing. E. C. kazak, fore wing.