Shireplitis meriadoci

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: Shireplitis
Species: Shireplitis meriadoci

Name

Shireplitis meriadoci Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013

• • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym for 'Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck, friend and companion of Frodo in the novel The Lord of the Rings')
  • Original genus: Shireplitis Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC04045142
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: MK, Mount Cook tr. Tokea Point, 850 m'
  • ZooBank: FB885E8A-BDBC-4A23-9520-62D7E920FE04

References

Primary references

• Fernández-Triana, J.L.; Ward, D.F.; Cardinal, S.; Achterberg, C. van 2013: A review of Paroplitis (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), and description of a new genus from New Zealand, Shireplitis, with convergent morphological traits. Zootaxa 3722(4): 549–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.4.6 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 562, and figs. 26-29]

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