Cyrtoptyx wayanadensis

Taxonavigation

edit
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

edit
  • 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

edit
  • 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.