Heterospilus macrocaudatus

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
Subfamilia: Doryctinae
Tribus: Heterospilini
Genus: Heterospilus
Species: Heterospilus macrocaudatus

Name

• Heterospilus macrocaudatus Marsh, 2013: 404, fig. 256

Holotype: ESUW, ♀, 27.ix–18.x.1986, I.D. Gauld & D. Janzen.

Type locality: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa Natl. Park, 300m, ex. Malaise trap, Site #: BH-12-C.

Etymology: The specific name is from the Greek macros, meaning long, and the Latin cauda, meaning tail, in reference to the unusually long ovipositor.

References

• Marsh, P.M., Wild, A.L. & Whitfield, J.B. 2013. The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini. ZooKeys 347: 1–474. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.347.6002 Reference page.  [original description: p. 404, fig. 256]