Shireplitis samwisei

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 samwisei

Name

• Shireplitis samwisei Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Shireplitis Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC04048822
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: TK, Pouakai Range, W edge of Hump Plateau'
  • ZooBank: 4B390C91-ADD9-4C07-B087-DBBADF3316E4

• Etymology: patronym for 'Samwise (Sam) Gamgee, sidekick of Frodo and one of the main characters in the novel The Lord of the Rings').

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. 563, and figs. 35-37]

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