Diagnosis
Morphological – adult
Features include:
- large species
- irregularly circular black facial spots present
- postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow
- scutum dull black, mesopleural stripe slightly wider than notopleuron, lateral postsutural vittae present, medial postsutural vitta absent, scutellum yellow
- wing with a broad fuscous costal band and anal streak, cells bc and c fulvous, microtrichia covering outer ½ of cell c only
- abdominal terga III-V orange-brown with a medial and two lateral longitudinal dark bands joined along anterior margin of tergum III
- posterior lobe of male surstylus short; female with aculeus tip needle shaped (Drew 1989; pers. comm. Drew 2010).
Morphological – larvae
Information not available.
Molecular
DNA barcoding
Diagnostic BOLD reference data available;
COI data
B. bryoniae BRY001 Classic morphology Folmers COI
B. bryoniae BRY002 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. bryoniae BRY003 Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. bryoniae BRY004 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. bryoniae BRY005 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. bryoniae BRY006 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
EIF3L data
B. bryoniae BRY001 Classic specimen EIF3L
B. bryoniae BRY002 Abdomen variation EIF3L
B. bryoniae BRY003 Scutum variation EIF3L
DDOSTs2 data
B. bryoniae BRY001 Classic morphology DDOSTs2
B. bryoniae BRY002 Abdomen variation DDOSTs2
B. bryoniae BRY003 Scutum variation DDOSTs2
POP4 data
B. bryoniae BRY001 Classic morphology POP4
B. bryoniae BRY002 Abdomen variation POP4
B. bryoniae BRY003 Scutum variation POP4
B. bryoniae BRY004 Abdomen variation POP4
B. bryoniae BRY005 Abdomen variation POP4
B. bryoniae BRY006 Abdomen variation POP4
RPA2 data
B. bryoniae BRY001 Classic morphology RPA2
B. bryoniae BRY002 Abdomen variation RPA2
B. bryoniae BRY003 Scutum variation RPA2
PCR-RFLP Test 1
BsrI: 600, 230
HinfI: 760
HhaI: 620, 200
Sau3AI: 400
SnaBI: Does not cut
SspI: 560, 180
Vspl: Does not cut
Approximate ITS1 fragment length – gel: 820 bp
PCR-RFLP Test 2
Data not available.