Glyptapanteles phytometrae ( Wilkinson, 1928 )

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 : 94

Glyptapanteles phytometrae ( Wilkinson, 1928)

Fig. 47C, E

Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles phytometrae can be separated from many of the Australian species as follows: from the G. albigena species group by having the gena without a pale spot, from the G. mouldsi and G. eburneus species groups by having T1–2 dark and from the niveus species group by having a relatively smooth anteromesoscutum. The propodeum of G. phytometrae is mostly smooth with rugose sculpturing in the centre ( Fig. 47C ), which is distinct (at least on the available specimens) from any of the newly described species from Australia. Whilst propodeal sculpturing can vary slightly amongst individuals, we do not consider it likely that G. phytometrae is conspecific with any of the Australian species.

Material examined

Holotype SAMOA • ♀; “ Samoan Is. P.A. Buxton and G.H. Hopkins ”; “Pres. by Imp. Bur. Ent. Brit. Mus. 1928- 318”; NHMUK: 3.c.1016 (only images examined).

Remarks

Known hosts in Samoa include Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) and an unknown Plusiinae (Noctuidae).

Distribution (in the Australasian region)

Samoa, Fiji, Sumatra ( Austin & Dangerfield 1992).

Figures

Fig. 47. A–B, D. Glyptapanteles taylori (Wilkinson, 1928), holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 3.c.1018). C, E. Glyptapanteles phytometrae (Wilkinson, 1928), holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 3.c.1016). A. Lateral habitus. B. Dorsal propodeum and metasoma. C. Dorsal habitus. D. Dorsal mesosoma. E. Lateral habitus and fore wing. Images © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London (CC-BY 4.0).