Heterospilus wrightae

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 wrightae

Name

• Heterospilus wrightae Marsh, 2013: 323, fig. 202

Holotype: ESUW, ♀, ii-iv 1993, P. Hanson.

Type locality: COSTA RICA: Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150m, 10.26N, 84.01W.

Etymology: Named for Geraldine “Jeri” Wright, who, as a student at the University of Wyoming, spent time in Costa Rica collecting parasitic wasps, setting Malaise traps and sorting many specimens of Doryctinae.

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. 323, fig. 202]