Notogaster charlesi Fernandez-Triana & Ward, 2020

Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, Zootaxa 4801 (2), pp. 251-279 : 262

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB3EF130-AF40-4A49-9C85-7DE3ABC398ED

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587182

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B31287AD-1457-4123-2C9B-FDC5E7AD1C9F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Notogaster charlesi Fernandez-Triana & Ward
status

sp. nov.

Notogaster charlesi Fernandez-Triana & Ward , sp. nov.

( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 A–H, 13A–G)

Holotype. Female ( NZAC), NEW ZEALAND, HB, Havelock North, -39.6612 176.8864, 29/x/1984, JG Charles. Voucher code: NZAC04035739 About NZAC . GoogleMaps

Paratypes. 26 Females, 7 Males ( CNC, LUNZ, NZAC) . 1 Female, AK , Lynfield , 8/2/1981, G Kuschel, Malaise trap, NZAC04049359 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Birkenhead , Dec 1980, JF Longworth, Malaise trap, second growth bush, NZAC04048843 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Waitakere Ranges , Nov 1980, JS Noyes, NZAC04044101 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Cornwallis Beach , 27/10/1980, JS Noyes, NZAC04044269 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Waitakere Ranges , 6/10/1980, JS Noyes, NZAC04048932 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Titirangi , Dec 1980, PA Maddison, Malaise trap, in garden, NZAC04049289 About NZAC ; 1 Female, AK , Titirangi , Dec 1980, GW Ramsay, Malaise trap, in garden, NZAC04049036 About NZAC ; 1 Female, BP , Rereauira Swamp , 26/1/1993 – 9/3/1993, JS Dugdale, Malaise trap, NZAC04035534 About NZAC ; 1 Female, BP , Hicks Bay , 12/1992– 3/2/1993, RC Henderson, Malaise trap, NZAC04049609 About NZAC ; 1 Male, BP , Te Araroa , 2/2/1993 – 4/2/1993, RC Henderson, Pan trap, NZAC04195909 About NZAC ; 1 Male, HB , Havelock North , 28/1/1985, JG Charles, porch, NZAC04049264 About NZAC ; 1 Female, KA , Oaro , 14/3/1981 – 21/3/1981, JW Early, RM Emberson , Yellow Pan trap, at edge coastal bush, LUNZ ; 1 Female, MC , Dallington , Jan 1922, ES Gourlay, NZAC04049388 About NZAC ; 1 Female, 1 Male MC , Christchurch , New Brighton, 20/10/1976, PM Johns , Estuary, supralittoral, NZAC04192782 About NZAC , NZAC04048929 About NZAC ; 1 Female, ND , Puketi Forest , 30/1/1995, L LeSage, Beating, vegetation around headquarters, WAM 0344 About WAM ; 1 Female, ND , Poor Knights Is. Tawhiti Rahi, Dec 1980, CF Butcher, Sweeping, NZAC04049375 About NZAC ; 4 Females, ND , Waipoua Kauri Forest , 11/12/1983 – 12/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, CNC, GOU 0480 ; 1 Female, ND , Poor Knights Is. Aorangi, Puweto Valley , 80m, 11/11/1981 – 19/11/1981, JS Dugdale, Malaise trap, Beilschmiedia tarairi site, NZAC04048994 About NZAC ; 2 Females, NN , Bullivants Island , Mapua Estuary, Feb 1987, AK Walker , Malaise trap, Coastal scrub, NZAC04049422 About NZAC , NZAC04196377 About NZAC ; 1 Female, NN , Bullivants Island , Mapua Estuary, Jun 1989, AK Walker , Malaise trap, Coastal scrub, NZAC04048925 About NZAC ; 1 Female, NN , Bullivants Island , Mapua Estuary, Dec 1987, AK Walker , Malaise trap, Coastal scrub, NZAC04049706 About NZAC ; 1 Female, WD , Lake Kaniere , 13km South Hokitika, 30/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, WAM 0389 About WAM ; 1 Female, WI , Munro’s Bush , Palmerston North, Jan 1981, P Watts, Malaise trap, in bush, NZAC04044094 About NZAC .

Diagnostic description. Mesosoma mostly to extensively light (orange, yellow or light yellow-brown); metasoma dorsally mostly light (orange, yellow or light yellow-brown); gena with relatively large and clear pale spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa pale; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 mostly sculptured. See Table 1 View TABLE 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster charlesi is one of the most distinctive in the genus because of its light colouration and large pale spot on the gena ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 and 13 View FIGURE 13 ). Only N. macdonaldae has a relatively similar light body colouration (although some areas of mesosoma and metasoma are slightly darker), but the main difference is that N. macdonaldae lacks a pale spot on the gena.

Molecular data. The species has two DNA barcode compliant sequences in BOLD (plus 14 additional partial barcode sequences), corresponding to BIN BOLD:ACL8814, which is 1.36% different to the closest BIN in BOLD. We have only been able to examine one of those 16 barcoded specimens (with voucher code WAM 0344) which has one partial sequence (407 bp).

Distribution. AK, BP, HB, KA, MZ, ND, NN, WD, WI ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1−9 ).

Etymology. Named after John Charles for his contribution to entomology in New Zealand.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

HB

Herbarium Bradeanum

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

LUNZ

Lincoln University Entomology Research Museum

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

BP

Hungarian Natural History Museum

KA

Vytautas Magnus University

RM

McGill University, Redpath Museum

MC

Museo de Cipolleti

PM

Pratt Museum

ND

University of Notre Dame

WI

Vilnius University

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

WAM

Western Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Notogaster

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