@article{Fagan-Jeffries_Austin_2020, title={Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species}, url={https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/983}, DOI={10.5852/ejt.2020.667}, abstractNote={The genus <em>Cotesia</em> Cameron, 1891 is one of the most diverse of the Microgastrinae, a subfamily of wasps that are exclusively endoparasitic on lepidopteran larvae. Species of <em>Cotesia</em> are widely utilised as biological control agents across the world. In Australia, there are currently 10 confirmed native species as well as four species introduced for the management of lepidopteran pests. The genus is morphologically conserved and has not been studied in the Australasian region for many decades. In this study, we use both comparative morphology and sequence data from the COI gene to delineate species, and in so doing describe seven new species from Australia: <em>C. lasallei</em> sp. nov., C. <em>medusae</em> sp. nov., <em>C. ocellata</em> sp. nov., <em>C. reidarum</em> sp. nov., <em>C. scripta</em> sp. nov., <em>C. tjapekki</em> sp. nov. and <em>C. wonboynensis</em> sp. nov., raising the number of species of <em>Cotesia</em> formally recorded in Australia to 21. We also provide updated descriptions of the previously described native species, diagnoses for the introduced species and a key to all currently described species found on the continent and from Papua New Guinea. This study treats only a fraction of the likely diversity of <em>Cotesia</em>, but provides a solid framework for future work.}, number={667}, journal={European Journal of Taxonomy}, author={Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. and Austin, Andrew D.}, year={2020}, month={Jun.} }