Glyptapanteles drioplanetus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2021

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 : 55-57

Glyptapanteles drioplanetus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2021

Figs 15A , 31

Diagnosis

Glyptapanteles drioplanetus can be separated from the other described species of Glyptapanteles in Australia by the combination of the following characters: gena without a pale spot, T1 and T2 dark, anteromesoscutum very smooth, with only shallow and regular punctures, no orange markings on the postero-lateral anteromesoscutum, propodeum very smooth with only shallow punctures and the median carina entirely absent, T1 narrowing slightly for most of length, distal ventral half of antennal scape darker than flagellomeres, hind femur pale anteriorly, darkening posteriorly, tegula pale, labrum pale.

Material examined

Holotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; South Australia, Macclesfield Primary School ; -35.17084, 138.84025; 14 Oct.–6 Nov. 2019; E. Fagan-Jeffries and Macclesfield PS yr. 5–7 class leg.; Malaise Trap EFJ2020MT9; Extraction1033, BOLD: AUMIC549-20; SAMA 32-45153 .

Paratypes AUSTRALIA – South Australia • 1 ♀; Douglas Scrub ; -35.1844, 138.6; 27–28 Sep. 2010; G.S. Taylor and S. Mantel leg.; Malaise Trap 2010 001; Extraction79, BOLD: AUMIC507-18; SAMA 32-45154 • 1 ♀; Gleneagle State Forest ; -32.2711, 116.163; 29 Nov. 2005; M.S. Harvey leg.; Malaise trap; Extraction117, BOLD: AUMIC019-18; WAM WAME10965 .

Remarks

This species was recently described and we therefore only provide a diagnosis here. Glyptapanteles drioplanetus constitutes BIN: BOLD:ADL3660 and is 2.56% (p-dist.) from the nearest neighbour (BOLD:AEI2300; an undescribed lineage from Australia, with two specimens).

Figures

Fig. 15. A. Glyptapanteles drioplanetus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2021 (SAMA 32-45154). B. G. austini Fagan-Jeffries & Bird sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (SAMA 32-46151). Solid red line indicating lateral face of the mesoscutellum, yellow dashed line indicating mesoscutellum lunules.

Fig. 31. Glyptapanteles drioplanetus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2021, holotype, ♀ (WAM WAME10965). A. Dorsal habitus. B. Fore wing. C. Lateral habitus. D. Dorsal head. E. Anterior head. F. Scutellar disk and propodeum. Images from Fagan-Jeffries & Austin (2021: fig. 5).