Published June 16, 2020 | Version v1

Cotesia kazak

  • 1. Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia. & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia.

Description

Cotesia kazak (Telenga, 1949)

Figs 8A, 18B, E

Apanteles kazak Telenga, 1949: 385 (lectotype, ♀, ZIN).

Cotesia kazak – Papp 1988: 153 (transfer from Apanteles s.l.).

Diagnosis

Cotesia kazak can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: anteromesoscutum punctulate, smoother than most species; T3 densely setose; fore wing 2RS not creating a ‘stub’ at junction with r; T1 parallel sided.

Material examined

Other material

AUSTRALIA – Western Australia • 2 ♀♀; “ Maraginiup ” [Mariginiup]; 20 Mar. 1990; P. Hutchinson leg.; ex. Heliothis on Lucerne; emerged 2 Apr. 1990; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC • 1 ♂; Carabooda; 1 Mar. 1990; S. Harrington leg.; ex. Heliothis on Lucerne; emerged 9 Mar. 1990; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC • 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Wokalup RS [Research Station]; 17 Feb. 1988; P. Lawrence leg.; ex. Heliothis punctiger; Cotesia kazak determined A. Austin 1990; WINC.

Distribution

Palearctic. Introduced to WA (Michael et al. 1984) and New Zealand (Carl 1978; Cameron & Valentine 1985) for the biological control of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808).

Host

Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae) (record from description and biological control literature), solitary (le Masurier 1987). Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren, 1860), solitary (from examined material).

Notes

Published as part of Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. & Austin, Andrew D., 2020, Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species, pp. 1-70 in European Journal of Taxonomy 667 (667) on page 27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.667, http://zenodo.org/record/3899324

Files

Files (2.0 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:b922963b561cbe109c2f70d7a12fde40
2.0 kB Download

System files (20.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:4c49805bf3fb1162cdc67ff97fd0be00
20.4 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
WINC
Event date
1988-02-17 , 1990-03-01 , 1990-03-20
Verbatim event date
1988-02-17 , 1990-03-01 , 1990-03-20
Scientific name authorship
Telenga
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Cotesia
Species
kazak
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cotesia kazak (Telenga, 1949) sec. Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2020

References

  • Telenga N. A. 1949. A survey of the fauna of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Tadzhikistan. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, Moscow 30: 381 - 8.
  • Papp J. 1988. A survey of the European species of Apanteles Forst. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgastrinae) XI. ' Homologization' of the species-groups of Apanteles s. l. with Mason's generic taxa. Check-list of genera. Parasitoid / host list 1. Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 80: 145 - 75.
  • Michael P. J., Woods W., Lawrence P. J. & Fisher W. 1984. Introduced parasites for the control of Australian noctiud pests. In: Bailey P. & Swincer D. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourth Australian Applied Entomological Research Conference: 294 - 303. D. J. Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia.
  • Carl K. P. 1978. Heliothis armigeru Parasite Survey and Introduction of Apanteles kazak to New Zealand. Report of work in 1977 - 78. Switzerland.
  • Cameron P. J. & Valentine E. W. 1985. Evaluation of Cotesia kazak (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasite of larval Heliothis armigera conferta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 28 (4): 545 - 553. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00288233.1985.10418001
  • le Masurier A. D. 1987. A comparative study of the relationship between host size and brood size in Apanteles spp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Ecological Entomology 12 (4): 383 - 393. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1987. tb 01019. x