Glyptapanteles austini Fagan-Jeffries & Bird 2022

Glyptapanteles austini species group

The G. austini species group contains three species: G. austini Fagan-Jeffries & Bird sp. nov., G. guzikae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov. and G. kingae sp. nov., which are a monophyletic, molecularly distinct lineage (Fig. 2). Two species in this group (G. guzikae sp. nov. and G. austini sp. nov.) are known from single localities in southern SA, whilst G. kingae sp. nov. has a broad distribution and is found in the northern half of WA, central SA and the ACT (Fig. 4C). The group can be separated from the other species of Glyptapanteles described from Australia by the following combination of characters: gena without a pale spot, T1–T2 dark, anteromesoscutum all dark and with punctures without smooth areas greater than the diameter of punctures (i.e., anteromesoscutum not as in the G. niveus species group (i.e., not as in Fig. 12B)), propodeum not coarsely rugose, T1 only parallel for at most ⅔ of length before narrowing posteriorly, mesoscutellar disk without dense, strong punctures, scape darker or the same colour as flagellomeres, tegula pale, labrum dark.