Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand endemic parasitoid genus <i>Rhyssaloides</i> Belokobylskij, 1999 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Belokobylskij, Sergey A.; Ward, Darren

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“…There have been a range of larval hosts reported for members of the Mesostoinae s.l. including Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera (Oda, de Macedo, & Quicke 2001;Quicke et al 2018Quicke et al , 2019aBelokobyiskij & Ward 2022), with the type genus Mesostoa, previously thought to be parasitic (Austin & Wharton 1992), now shown to be cecidogenic on Banksia (Proteaceae) (Austin & Dangerfield 1998) and a member of a closely-knit group of undescribed genera, all of which are primary gallformers on this plant genus. Others appear to be associated with specific habitats such as leaf litter (Metaspathius; Quicke et al 2018Quicke et al , 2019b and bat guano (Zeachremylus; Belokobyiskij, 2018).…”

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“…A significant proportion of the small, morphologically diverse, Gondwanan subfamily Mesostoinae s.l . (as defined by Quicke et al 2020a) is composed of genera from Australia, New Zealand and the Neotropics, which are mostly endemic to these regions (Quicke & Huddleston 1989; van Achterberg 1995; van Achterberg & Berry 2004; Quicke et al 2018, 2020a, 2020b; Belokobyiskij & Ward 2022).…”

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Enigma moth parasitoid: a new Australian cyclostome genus and species, Ovaustra aurantia Tetley, Glatz & Fagan Jeffries, gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Kangaroo Island

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Ovaustra aurantia Tetley, Glatz & Fagan‐Jeffries, gen. et sp. nov. (Mesostoinae) is described from Kangaroo Island. South Australia, Australia, and is a solitary, koinobiont, egg‐larval parasitoid of the enigma moth, Aenigmatinea glatzella Kristensen & Edwards, 2015, in the monotypic family Aenigmatineidae Kristensen & Edwards, 2015 (Lepidoptera). Female parasitoids oviposit into the eggs of A. glatzella soon after female moths place them beneath minute adpressed leaves at the growing foliar tips of the larval host plant Callitris gracilis R.T. Baker (Cupressaceae). Adult parasitoids emerge from A. glatzella larval chambers located directly beneath the bark of small branches, some way from the growing tip. Adults can be seen on or near foliage of C. gracillis primarily during October and coinciding with the presence of adult host moths. Morphological and preliminary molecular evidence place Ovaustra Glatz, Fagan‐Jeffries & Tetley, gen. nov. within Mesostoinae s.l. and indicate that its closest relatives are likely to reside within a group of genera from Australia and New Zealand whose hosts and biology are not well defined but are apparently quite broad, including lepidopteran, coleopteran and dipteran larvae, as well as primary plant gall induction.

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