Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932

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, ZooKeys 1227, pp. 1-128 : 1-128

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scientific name	Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932
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Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932 View in CoL

Fig. 38 (examined material View Figure 38 )

Holotype information.

♀; France ( NHM).

Examined material.

Type not examined, but images of a female specimen from France ( CNC 497178) and one female with label data “ India. N. P. Bee Res. Stat. Nagrota - Bagwan (Kangra) VI. 1984; of Achroia grisella in hives of Apis indica , C. I. E. A. 16226 ; Apanteles galleriae Wilk. det. A. D. Austin, 1984. ” ( WINC) formed the basis of the diagnosis.

Diagnosis.

Apanteles galleriae can be separated from the other species of Apanteles known from Australia that have a dark metacoxa and metafemur, and the pterostigma without a pale centre and the ovipositor sheath length> 0.6 × metatibia length by having the antennae significantly shorter (~ 0.6–0.7 ×) than body length and T 3 with multiple rows of setae.

Notes.

Apanteles galleriae is a parasitoid of several species of wax moths ( Pyralidae ) associated with honey bees ( Fernández-Triana et al. 2014) and the species is found in numerous countries around the world ( Fernández-Triana et al. 2020). Whilst the species definitely occurs in New Zealand, confirmed by DNA barcoding (e. g., BOLD Process ID: NZMG 202-11 ), we have not confirmed the presence of the species in Australia during this study. The record of A. galleriae occurring in Australia is from Austin and Dangerfield (1992), but we have not been able to trace that record to the corresponding literature or specimens.