Cyrtoptyx wayanadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

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: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Pteromalidae
Subfamilia: Pteromalinae
Genus: Cyrtoptyx
Species: Cyrtoptyx wayanadensis

Name

• Cyrtoptyx wayanadensis Sureshan, 2012: 2579, imgs 1-7

Holotype: ZSI/WGRS/IR-INV-2145, ♀.

Type locality: India: 19.xi.2011, 11067.7’40”N & 75093.5’06’’E, altitude 834m, foot hills of Banasura peak, south Wayanad forest Division, Wayanad District, Kerala, coll. P.M. Sureshan.

Etymology: The species name is derived from the name of the district (Wayanad) where the specimens were collected.

References

• Sureshan, P.M., 2012: The genus Cyrtoptyx Delucchi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from India, with a description of a new species from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala. Journal of threatened taxa, 4(5): 2578–2581.