Glyptapanteles antsirabensis (Granger, 1949) Granger, 1949

Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3616 (6), pp. 501-547 : 533

Glyptapanteles antsirabensis (Granger, 1949) comb. nov.

( Fig. 15 c–d)

Apanteles antsirabensis Granger, 1949: 246 .

Diagnosis. Propodeum deeply and densely punctate, without any carination. Hind coxa black.

Description. cf. Granger, 1949: 246 for details.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE Ƥ (MNHN) Verbatim label data: Madagascar Antsirabé, II.38, A. Seyrig. Other material ( Reunion) 2Ƥ Ste Rose / Plateau des Basaltes, alt. 2400m, VI.2011, leg. T. Ramage; 1Ƥ 13 Ste Suzanne / Forêt Dugain, alt. 820m, II.2011, leg. Cirad.

Distribution records. Madagascar. Reunion (new record).

Comments. The shape of the tergum 1 of the holotype of A. antsirabensis Granger (Fig. d) justifies its placement in the genus Glyptapanteles . The two individuals collected at high altitude (2400m) are distinctly darker than Granger’s type.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Glyptapanteles spp. a: G. c h i d r a sp. nov., female, habitus; b: G. c h i d r a, propodeum and terga 2 – 3; c: G. antsirabensis (Granger) comb. nov., female, habitus; d: G. antsirabensis, propodeum and terga 1 – 2; e: G. ficus (Granger) comb. nov., female, habitus; f: G. ficus, propodeum and terga 1 – 3; g: G. subandinus (Blanchard) comb. nov., female, habitus; h: G. subandinus, fore wing; i: G. subandinus, propodeum and tergum 1.