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Apanteles hemara Nixon 1965

Authors/Creators

  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
  • 3. Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia
  • 4. Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board, Murray Bridge, Australia
  • 5. Western Australian Gould League, Wembley, Australia
  • 6. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada

Description

Apanteles hemara Nixon, 1965

Fig. 40

Holotype information.

♀; India (NHM).

Examined material.

Images of the holotype were examined alongside images of verified specimens held in the CNC. The redescription in Fernández-Triana et al. (2017) was also consulted to form the diagnosis.

Diagnosis.

Apantles hemara is particularly distinctive amongst the other species of Apanteles in Australia. It can be distinguished from other species with a dark metacoxa and pale trochanter by the T 2 entirely sculptured with strong longitudinal striae, the T 1 slightly widening on posterior 1 / 2 and entirely and coarsely sculptured, and propodeum mostly smooth but with complete and strong lateral carinae.

Notes.

The record of A. hemara occurring in Australia comes from the original description of Nixon (1965) where he lists a specimen from the “ F. C. T. [ACT] ”. However, we have not located or examined the specimen, which we assume would be located in the NHM or potentially ANIC. Regardless, we did not collect any conspecific specimens in Australia during this study. Apanteles hemara is reported to parasitise several species of moths in the families Choreutidae and Crambidae, including species which occur in Australia.

Notes

Published as part of Slater-Baker, Mollie-Rosae, Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., Oestmann, Katherine J., Portmann, Olivia G., Bament, Tiahni M., Howe, Andy G., Guzik, Michelle T., Bradford, Tessa M., McClelland, Alana R., Woodward, Alice, Clarke, Sylvia, Ducker, Nathan & Fernández-Triana, José, 2025, DNA barcoding, integrative taxonomy, citizen science, and Bush Blitz surveys combine to reveal 34 new species of Apanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in Australia, pp. 1-128 in ZooKeys 1227 on pages 1-128, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1227.130467

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/608D43CADF655EAFB77AB8C72BBF5147

Cites
Publication: 10.5962/p.144036 (DOI)
Publication: 10.3897/jhr.58.13361 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1227.130467.figure40 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1247761 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1227.130467 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/CF9C6C3A57AD5F109E654C0372C890C5 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/627B3463-87D6-4CA6-AAE1-B6F3CB412D75 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/608D43CADF655EAFB77AB8C72BBF5147 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/253014507 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308089/taxon/608D43CADF655EAFB77AB8C72BBF5147.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHM
Scientific name authorship
Nixon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Apanteles
Species
hemara
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Apanteles hemara Nixon, 1965 sec. Slater-Baker, Fagan-Jeffries, Oestmann, Portmann, Bament, Howe, Guzik, Bradford, McClelland, Woodward, Clarke, Ducker & Fernández-Triana, 2025

References

  • Nixon GEJ (1965) A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supp. 2 2: 1 - 284. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.144036
  • Fernández-Triana J, Beaudin M, van Achterberg K, Agbodzavu MK, Othim STO, Nyamu FW, Fiaboe KKM (2017) DNA barcodes, expanded distribution, and redescription of Apanteles hemara Nixon, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a potential biocontrol species against amaranth leaf-webbers in Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 58: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.58.13361
  • Nixon GEJ (1965) A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supp. 2 2: 1–284. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.144036