Glyptapanteles bradfordae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin, 2022

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 : 41-44

Glyptapanteles bradfordae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles bradfordae sp. nov. is in the G. niveus species group and can be differentiated from G. niveus sp. nov. by the absence of white distal flagellomeres, a pale labrum and denser punctures on the hind coxa. Glyptapanteles bradfordae sp. nov. can be separated from G. cooperi sp. nov. by having denser punctures on the hind coxa, particularly in the dorsal area.

Etymology

This species is named for Dr Tessa Bradford, Facility Manager of the South Australian Regional Facility for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, without whom the DNA sequencing of many of these specimens would not have occurred. The authors thank Tessa for her continual advice, support and training in the molecular labs!

Material examined

Holotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; Queensland, Kuranda ; -16.8135, 145.6430586; 317 m a.s.l.; 14 Dec. 2019 – 6 Jan. 2020; M.S. Moulds leg.; Malaise Trap EFJ2020MT11; Extraction1096, BOLD: AUGLY046-21; QM T250939 .

Paratypes AUSTRALIA • 1 ♂ (ethanol); same collection data as for holotype; 19 May–8 Jul. 2017; Extraction1295, BOLD: AUGLY078-21; QM T250940 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; Extraction1297, BOLD: AUGLY079-21; QM T250941 • 1 ♂ (ethanol); same collection data as for holotype; 12 Feb.–6 Apr. 2020; EFJ2020MT36; Extraction1524, BOLD: AUGLY094-21; QM T250942 • 1 ♂ (ethanol); same collection data as for holotype; 1–21 Jan. 2017; Extraction292, BOLD: AUMIC157-18; QM T250943 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; Extraction290, BOLD: AUMIC155-18; QM T250944 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; 12 Feb.–6 Apr. 2020; Extraction1544, BOLD: AUGLY100-21; QM T250945 • 1 ♂; Lamington National Park ; -28.207, 153.137; 560 m a.s.l.; 9–19 Mar. 2007; C.7 Lambkin and N. Starick leg.; IBISCA Plot # IQ-500-A rainforest Malaise trap, bulk vial 22028; Extraction1461, BOLD: AUGLY081-21; QM T250946 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Extraction633, BOLD: AUMIC417-18; QM T208409 .

Description

Female

COLOURATION. Gena without a pale spot; labrum pale; scape colour in ventral half uniformly paler than flagellomeres or the same colour or darker than flagellomeres; flagellomeres all black/dark brown or uniformly reddish-brown; tegula pale; wing veins uniformly black or brown, or with small lighter area proximally; anteromesoscutum dark with significant orange patches on posterolateral corners; scutellar disk and metanotum dark or dark with red tinge; propodeum dark; fore coxa white; mid coxa white; hind coxa dark; fore femur pale yellow; mid femur pale yellow; hind femur pale yellow; fore tibia pale yellow; mid tibia pale yellow; hind tibia darkening posteriorly; hind basitarsus light brown; T1 dark or dark reddish-brown; T2 sclerotised area dark or dark reddish-brown; T2 lateral area much paler; T3 dark or mostly dark with paler lateral areas; T4+ dark or reddish-brown.

HOLOTYPE BODY MEASUREMENTS. Body length 1.8 mm; fore wing length 2.3 mm; antennal length slightly longer than body length.

HEAD. Face densely sculptured, punctate reticulate; antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 1.85–2.00; antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 3.63–4.50; OOD/POD 1.33–1.71; IOD/POD 1.33–1.71. Eyes particularly large, with a smaller malar space than most species of Glyptapanteles .

MESOSOMA. Anteromesoscutum sculpturing with shallow punctures, space between punctures generally smaller than diameter of punctures, slightly denser and deeper punctures anteriorly, smoother in posterior centre or very sparse, deep punctures; scutellar disk sculpturing smooth in centre, with some deep punctures on lateral edges; six pits in scutellar sulcus; propodeum with median carina very faintly indicated at either anterior or both posterior and anterior edges, propodeum strongly rugose.

WINGS. Pterostigma length 0.57 mm; pterostigma width 0.18 mm; r 0.2 mm; 2RS 0.1 mm; 2m 0.12 mm; (RS+M)b 0.09 mm.

METASOMA. T1 lateral edges parallel for anterior ¾ of length, then narrowing posteriorly or broadest at centre of length, narrowing both posteriorly and anteriorly from mid-point; T1 smooth in anterior half, punctate reticulate to rugose in posterior half; T1 length 0.38 mm; T1 width at posterior edge 0.13 mm; T2 an isosceles trapezoid, lateral edges straight or almost square, lateral edges almost parallel, only broadening posteriorly very slightly; T2 with some shallow indistinct sculpturing; T2 length 0.12 mm; T2 width at posterior edge 0.22 mm; ovipositor slightly protruding from end of metasoma.

Male

As female, 6–7 pits in scutellar sulcus.

Remarks

Glyptapanteles bradfordae sp. nov. constitutes BIN BOLD:AEI7940 and is 2.01% (p-dist.) divergent from the closet BIN in the database (BOLD:ADD8337, with three specimens from Papua New Guinea, see below).

Using the BOLD Batch ID engine, the COI barcode of the holotype is 7.6% different from the most similar COI sequence from an Australian specimen (GMAQJ131-17; an undescribed lineage, with two specimens). Eight specimens were able to be sequenced for the wingless gene, which all share a unique barcode that differs by a minimum of 3 bp from all other species with available sequence data.

There are three additional specimens sequenced for COI on BOLD which fall within 2% pairwise divergence and are in the closely related BIN BOLD:ADD8337. These specimens (GMNGH687-16, GMNGJ510-16 and GMNGS061-16) were all collected in Papua New Guinea, Madang, by Pagi Toko and are most likely the same species. Specimens were not examined, but a dorsal habitus image on BOLD (http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/GMNGS/BIOUG30657-C01%2B1487790120.jpg) supports this suggestion.

Distribution

This species is currently known from the east coast of QLD, from both Lamington National Park in the south and Kuranda in the north. It is also likely found in Papua New Guinea (based on the presence of closely related COI barcodes on BOLD).

Figures

Fig. 12.A. Glyptapanteles bradfordaeFagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (QM T250944), anteromesoscutum with very sparse deep punctures and slight orange markings. B. G. cooperi Fagan- Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (QM T250947), anteromesoscutum with very sparse deep punctures and no orange markings. C. G. baylessi Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (AM K.517936), anteromesoscutum with dense punctures, strong orange markings on the postero-lateral corners. D. G. kurandaensis Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (QM T250971), with dense shallow punctures, but no strong orange markings on the anteromesoscutum.

Fig. 25. Glyptapanteles bradfordae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov., paratypes, ♀. A, C–D, F. QM T250944. B, E. QM T208409. A. Lateral habitus. B. Anterior head. C. Lateral head. D. Fore wing. E. Dorsal head. F. Dorsal habitus.