Fig 1.
Biology of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov. 1A, Adult female wasp ovipositing into gall induced by the psyllid, Phacopteron lentiginosum on leaf of Garuga pinnata. 1B, Braconid egg in situ.1C, Larva in situ in cut open gall. 1D, Cocoon attached to inner wall of gall. Scale bars: (1A) 8 mm, (1B) 300 μm, (1C) 5 mm, (1D) 1 mm.
Fig 2.
Stereozoom and Light microscopic images of larva of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov. 2A–C, Mature larva showing dorsal abdominal tubercles with eversible tips.2D, Head capsule and anterior thorax of living mature larva showing denticulate cuticle. 2E, 2F, cl. Scale bars: (2A) 500 μm, (2B) 300 μm, (2C, 2D) 250 μm.
Fig 3.
Scanning electron microscope images of larva of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov. 3A–B, Final instar larva oblique dorsal view and detail of head capsule. 3C, Putative 2nd instar larva detail of head capsule, 3D, Same, in anterior view, 3E, Dorsal, chimney-like tubercles on abdominal segments 1–9, 3F, Soft, eversible membranous lobes on the apex of tubercle. Scale bars: (A) 500 μm, (B, D, E) 100 μm, (C) 50 μm, (F) 10 μm.
Fig 4.
Behaviour of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov. 4A–B, Braconid larva feeding on immature psyllids. Scale bars: (4A–B) 500 μm.
Fig 5.
Relationship between the number of galls with different stages of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov. and the number of live psyllids present in each gall.
Symbol size indicates numbers of galls; numbers of galls with nymphal and adult psyllids are shown in black and yellow respectively. Regression lines are shown for all data (blue) and only data when Bracon present (red). Slopes of both relationships are highly significantly different from zero.
Fig 6.
Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov., female, holotype; 6A, Habitus in lateral view, 6B, Head in frontal view, 6C, Mesosoma in dorsal view, 6D, Propodeum and first metasomal tergite in dorsal view, 6E, Metasomal tergite in dorsal view, 6F, Wings. Scale bars: (6A) 1 mm, (B) 100 μm (6C, D, F) 200 μm (6E) 500 μm.
Fig 7.
SEM images of Bracon garugaphagae Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov., male, paratype; 7A, Habitus in lateral view, 7B, Metasomal tergite in dorsal view, 7C, Head and mesosoma in dorsal view, 7D, Apex of ovipositor (female, paratype). Scale bars: (7A) 2 mm, (7B–C) 500 μm, (7D) 200 μm.