Glyptapanteles mnesampela Austin, 2000

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 : 89

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6308883
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scientific name	Glyptapanteles mnesampela Austin, 2000
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Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles mnesampela is in the G. albigena species group and can be separated from the other members of the species group by having a pale T2, whilst all other described species with a pale spot on the gena have T2 dark in colouration.

Material examined

Holotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; Australian Capital Territory, Lyneham Ridge ; 30 Feb. 1993; ex Mnesampela privata; 22 Jun. 1993; ANIC 32-141445 About ANIC . (Only images examined).

Remarks

Reared from Mnesampela privata Guenée, 1858 (Geometridae).

Distribution

Known from Australia, currently only from the ACT.

Figures

Fig. 6. A. Glyptapanteles mnesampela Austin, 2000, holotype, ♀ (ANIC 32-141445), T1 and T2 pale. B. G. eburneus Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (AM K.517935), T1 and T2 pale. C. G. rixi Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (QM T250981), T2 pale, T1 darker than T2. D. G. mouldsi Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀, (QM T250978), T1 dark, T2 pale. E. G. dowtoni Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (QM T250953), T1 dark, T2 pale. F. G. harveyi Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (WAM E109889), T1 dark, T2 dark.

Fig. 44. Glyptapanteles mnesampela Austin, 2000 holotype, ♀ (ANIC 32-141445). A. Lateral habitus. B. Dorsal propodeum and metasoma. C. Anterior head. Images courtesy of O. Evangelista (ANIC).