Eupetersia yanegai

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Apoidea
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: Apoidea

Familia: Halictidae
Genus: Eupetersia
Species: Eupetersia yanegai

Name edit

Eupetersia yanegai Pauly, 2012: 6, figs 4-6

Holotype: YUT; eventually to be returned to QSBG, ♂.

Type locality: Thailand, Phetchabun, Thung Salaeng Luang NP, 16°37.531’N 100°53.745’E, MT 16-22 Nov. 2006, K.W.N. Yen, T1159A.

Etymology: "The name is in honour of the apidologist Doug Yanega who discovered the first specimen of this species in the collections of the California University, Riverside, and sent it to me for description."

References edit

Primary references edit

Pauly, A. 2012. Three new species of Eupetersia Blüthgen, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Oriental Region. European Journal of Taxonomy 14: 1–12. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.14 . Reference page.