Zelostemma chionochloae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platygastroidea

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: Platygastroidea

Familia: Platygastridae
Subfamilia: Platygastrinae
Genus: Zelostemma
Species: Zelostemma chionochloae

Name

• Zelostemma chionochloae Buhl in Buhl et al., 2008
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Zelostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: AMNZ 'AMNZ80715'
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand, Mt Hutt, 450 m'
  • Type associations: '[reared] from cecidomyiid on Chionochloa rubra'

References

Primary references

• Buhl, P.N.; Sarfati, M.S.; Brockerhoff, E.G.; Kelly, D. 2008: Description, phenology and biology of Zelostemma chionochloae Buhl sp. nov., a platygastrid parasitoid of Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 35(3): 255–264. DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510122 PDF [first availability, see p. 256, and figs. 1-13]