Apanteles oenone Nixon 1965
Creators: name: Slater-Baker, Mollie-Rosae
name: Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P.
name: Oestmann, Katherine J.
name: Portmann, Olivia G.
name: Bament, Tiahni M.
name: Howe, Andy G.
name: Guzik, Michelle T.
name: Bradford, Tessa M.
name: McClelland, Alana R.
name: Woodward, Alice
name: Clarke, Sylvia
name: Ducker, Nathan
name: Fernández-Triana, José
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Apanteles
Apanteles oenone

description: Apanteles oenone Nixon, 1965
Fig. 6 B (distribution), Fig. 50 (examined material), Fig. 51 (holotype)
Holotype information.
♀; Australia, QLD, Ayr, 15 Jun. 1949, bred from “ Earias huegeli (W. A. S.) ” [syn. Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)] (NHM).
Examined material.
Australia • ♀; NT, 18 km W of Gemtree Caravan Park; - 22.9651, 134.069; 01 Oct. 2018; M. M. Giannotta leg.; Sweeping; Collected from Capparis spinosa; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 862-23; ANIC: 32-085558. • ♀; NT, Gregory NP, 17.4 km N Humbert Junction; - 15.9714, 130.488; 24 May – 4 Jun. 2001; T Weir, K Pullen, P Bouchard leg.; Malaise in damp meadow; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 103-18; ANIC: 32-130203. • ♀; NT, Gregory NP, 5.7 km N Humbert Junction; - 16.0622, 130.451; 6–12 Jun. 2001; ME Irwin, FD Parker, C Lambkin leg.; Malaise in dry creekbed; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 478-18; ANIC: 32-130235. • ♂; NT, Kakadu NP, Mirray Lookout; - 12.8768, 132.704; 17 Nov. 1992; Austin / PCD leg.; Sweep net open acacia; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 110-18; ANIC: 32-085559. • ♂; NT, Keep River National Park, Bail-Me-Up Cr., 23.7 km SSW Jarrnarm Camp Ground.; - 15.9653, 129.017; 13–20 Jun. 2001; M. E. Irwin, F. D. Parker & C. Lambkin leg.; Malaise trap; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1412-24; ANIC: 32-085531. • ♀; as previous except: BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 037-18; ANIC: 32-130185. • ♀; as previous except: BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 473-18; ANIC: 32-130231. • ♀; QLD, Banana, Roadside 2 km north of Banana; - 24.4524, 150.138; 25 Nov. 2019; E. Fagan-Jeffries, J. B. Dorey & P. Ruhr leg.; Sweeping vegetation, mistletoe: Dendrophthoe glabrescens; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1218-24; QM: T 261215. • ♂; QLD, Eungella National Park, Fern Flats Campground; - 21.1697, 148.5; 22 Nov. 2019; E. Fagan-Jeffries, J. B. Dorey & P. Ruhr leg.; To light sheet with blue, green and UV LEDs; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1212-24; QM: T 261216. • ♀; QLD, Kuranda; - 16.8112, 145.635; 20 Nov. 2019; J. B. Dorey leg.; Sweeping; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1186-24; QM: T 261217. • ♂; QLD, Laura; - 15.5811, 144.458; 15 Mar. 2017; R. Leijs leg.; Vehicle net; vehicle netting from Laura caravan park to Quinkan Bush Blitz Site SSS 2 (Welcome Rd); BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 973-24; QM: T 261169. • ♀; QLD, Nardoo Patch, 11 km NNE 12 Mile Bore; - 23.0667, 138.192; 18–21 Apr. 2007; Malaise trap; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 034-18; ANIC: 32-130182. • ♀; QLD, Newrybar Macadamia farm; - 28.7355, 153.548; 28 Nov. 2019; E. Fagan-Jeffries, J. B. Dorey & P. Ruhr leg.; Sweeping; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1062-24; QM: T 261218. • ♀; QLD, Townsville, Mt. Stuart; - 19.3509, 146.801; 18 Feb. 2017; Graeme Cocks leg.; Sweeping; BOLD Process ID: GCQT 689-17; CBG: gvcT 09199. • ♀; QLD, Yolde Camp; - 35.5452, 148.303; 12 Dec. 2019; J. B. Dorey leg.; General sweep over lots of Kunzea along roadside in schlerophyll forest.; Sunny and warm ~ 28 C; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 1135-24; QM: T 261219. • ♀; WA, Barrow Island; - 20.7847, 115.394; 1 May. 2007; S. Callan K. Edwards leg.; N 28 DHC; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 183-18; WAM: 130566. • ♀; as previous except: BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 186-18; WAM: 130567. • ♀; WA, Kariijini NP, Juna Downs Rd; - 22.7394, 118.413; 25 Apr. – 14 May. 2003; C Lambkin T weir leg.; Malaise dry Turee creek grassy open Eucalypt scrub; BOLD Process ID: AUMIC 036-18; ANIC: 32-130184. • ♂; WA, Kununurra; 11 Jun. 1975; R. A. Meedved leg.; “ ex. Pectinophora gossypiella on Cotton, R 75-44; Apanteles oenone ”; BOLD Process ID: HYCND 1892-11; CNC: CNCHYM 00182. • ♀; USA, Riverside Co., ex. pink bollworm; 28 Jul. 1975; lab reared, “ Apanteles oenone Nixon, det. Marsh ”; BOLD Process ID: HYCND 1893-11; CNC: CNCHYM 00183.
Diagnosis.
Apanteles oenone can be separated from the other species of Apanteles in Australia with a dark metacoxa and dark metafemur, and a pterostigma with outer border darker than centre, the centre of pterostigma pale or transparent / hyaline by the fore wing with veins M + CU, 1 cu-a, 1 M, 1 CUa, 1 CUb, (RS + M) a, 2 RS, and 1 m-cu all unpigmented / pale, T 1 with rugose sculpturing, and metatibia mostly dark, or at least with distal 1 / 2 dark in colouration.
Notes.
The examined material was identified through a DNA match (0–4 bp difference) to two partial barcodes on BOLD from specimens identified as A. oenone. The specimens, held at the CNC, were examined and the morphology aligned with the examined material and with the original description of A. oenone.
description: 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