Colastomion masalaii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

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: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Genus: Colastomion
Species: Colastomion masalaii

Name

• Colastomion masalaii Quicke in Quicke, Smith, Miller, Hrcek & Butcher, 2012: figs. 9-16

Holotype: USNM ENT 00503254; BOLD ASQSP055-08; Genbank JF271305, ♀.

Type locality: East Sepik Province, Wamangu, 143°39.125’E, 03° 47.228'S, 100m, 30-Mar-05, ex caterpillar on Ficus bernaysii King (Moraceae).

Etymology: Named after the local forest spirits called ‘masalai’ in Melanesian Pidgin.

References

• Quicke, Donald L.J., M. Alex Smith, Scott E. Miller, Jan Hrcek & Buntika A. Butcher, 2012: Colastomion Baker (Braconidae, Rogadinae): nine new species from Papua New Guinea reared from Crambidae. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 28: 85–21. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.28.3484.