Synopsis of Australasian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), with a key to genera and description of new taxa

Austin, A. D.; Dangerfield, P. C.

doi:10.1071/it9920001

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“…Although C. fl avipes is considered endemic to the Indo-Australian region, its status within Australia is unknown. Based on external morphology, the native parasitoid species, Apanteles nonagriae Olliff 1893, was synonymised with C. fl avipes (Austin & Dangerfi eld 1992). Records of A. nonagriae in Australia extend back to the 1920s when it was fi rst recorded parasitising the native stem borer Phragmatiphila truncata (Walker 1856) (now Bathytricha truncata) in South Mulgrave, Australia in sugarcane (Jarvis 1927).…”

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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of theCotesia flavipescomplex of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Muirhead

Murphy

Sallam³

et al. 2006

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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Abstract. The Cotesia fl avipes species complex of parasitic wasps are economically important worldwide for the biological control of lepidopteran stem borers. The complex currently comprises three species: Cotesia fl avipes Cameron, C. sesamiae (Cameron) and C. chilonis (Matsumura) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), which appear morphologically similar. Despite their economic importance, little is known about the genetic diversity and phylogeography of these parasitoids. Differences in the biology of geographic populations have generally been interpreted as genetic divergence among strains, but direct genetic evidence is lacking. In Australia, several stem borer pests in neighbouring countries have been identifi ed as signifi cant threats to the sugar industry. However, the status of C. fl avipes in Australia is unknown. To examine the genetic variation among worldwide populations of the C. fl avipes complex and investigate the status of the Australian C. fl avipes-like species, partial sequence data were generated for mitochondrial gene regions, 16S rRNA and COI. Parsimony, minimum evolution and Bayesian analyses based on 21 geographic populations of the complex and four outgroups supported the monophyly of the complex and the existence of genetically divergent populations of C. fl avipes and C. sesamiae. The geographically isolated Australian haplotypes formed a distinct lineage within the complex and were ~3.0% divergent from the other species. The results indicated that historical biogeographic barriers and recent biological control introductions play an important role in structuring lineages within these species. This study provides a phylogeographical context for examining adaptive evolution and host range within biologically divergent strains of the C. fl avipes complex.

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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of theCotesia flavipescomplex of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

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Murphy

Sallam³

et al. 2006

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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“…15). All other morphological terminology used in the species description is that of Austin & Dangerfield (1992).…”

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“…Parapanteles masoni (Austin & Dangerfield 1992) was later described and reported as the only known species from the Australian continent.…”

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Parapanteles rooibos, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent

Valerio

Whitfield

Kole

2005

Zootaxa

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Currently Parapanteles Ashmead (1900) has been recorded only from the Australian and American continents. However, in this publication we describe Parapanteles rooibos n. sp. from the African continent. We also provide information about its ecology and biology. The species may ultimately prove to be an important natural enemy of Isturgia exerraria (Prout) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), an herbivore of the commercially produced shrub Aspalatus linearis (Fabaceae), from which rooibos tea is made. A hyperparasitoid, Pediobius sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), is recorded. A key to the four currently known Parapanteles species is included to facilitate species identification.

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“…Another character has been pointed out to separate the two genera: the presence of an epicnemial carina in Snellenius, which is absent in Microplitis (Mason 1981, Austin and Dangerfield 1992. The presence of an epicnemial carina is extremely rare within Microgastrinae; it occurs in only one other genus (i.e., Fornicia) (Mason 1981, Whitifield et al 2002.…”

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Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica

Fernandez-Triana¹,

Whitfield

Smith

et al. 2015

DEZ

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The genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), Costa Rica, are revised. A total of 28 new species are described: 23 of Snellenius (the first record for Mesoamerica) and five of Microplitis. A key is provided to all new species and five species of Microplitis previously described from Mesoamerica. In ACG, all Microplitis were reared exclusively from Sphingidae, while all Snellenius were reared from Noctuoidea (Noctuidae and Erebidae). All of the wasp species with known host records are unambiguously specialists, parasitizing one or a few related hosts. Biological information (wasp cocoon and caterpillar hosts) in the Neotropical region seems to differ from similar data reported in previous works for the Oriental region -but more studies on the world fauna are needed. Although the distinction between these two genera has been controversial, we consider that the available evidence, although not conclusive, suggests that these two genera are best kept as separate (based on the presence of at least a partial epicnemial carina in Snellenius, which is absent in Microplitis). The following 28 species, all authored by Fernández-Triana & Whitfield, are described as species nova: Microplitis adrianguadamuzi, M. alexanderrojasi, M. francopupulini, M. hebertbakeri, M. jorgehernandezi, Snellenius billburgeri,

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Synopsis of Australasian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), with a key to genera and description of new taxa

Cited by 78 publications

References 21 publications

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of theCotesia flavipescomplex of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of theCotesia flavipescomplex of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Parapanteles rooibos, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent

Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica

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