Kiwigaster variabilis

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: Microgastrinae
Genus: Kiwigaster
Species: Kiwigaster variabilis

Name

Kiwigaster variabilis Fernandez-Triana & Ward in Fernandez-Triana et al., 2011

• • Authority for placement: objective (type species)
  • Gender: changeable (-is, -e, -is)
  • Original genus: Kiwigaster Fernández-Triana, James B. Whitfield & Ward in Fernandez-Triana et al., 2011
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: Mataraua Forest, Waoku Coach Road, 400 m, ND'
  • ZooBank: 7DC8CA74-6B26-4405-9068-68C23B75B50C

References

Primary references

• Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Ward, F.D. & Whitfield, J.B. 2011. Kiwigaster gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments. Zootaxa 2932: 24–32. Preview Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 26, and figs. 1-9]

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