Bracalba tricorata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platygastroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Platygastroidea

Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Bracalba
Species: Bracalba tricorata

Name

• Bracalba tricorata Burks in Burks, Masner, Johnson & Austin, 2012: figs. 60-61

Holotype: WAMP, OSUC 238541, ♀.

Type locality: AUSTRALIA: WA, 20km N Denmark, 16.I.1987, J. S. Noyes.

Etymology: Latin participle meaning “tricky,” named for its strong similarity to some other species and its very subtle metasomal bend.

References

• Burks, R.A. et al. 2012: Taxonomic revision of Bracalba Dodd (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), a parasitoid wasp genus endemic to Australia. ZooKeys, 236: 1–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.236.3434 Reference page.