Colastomion parotiphagus

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
Genus: Colastomion
Species: Colastomion parotiphagus

Name

• Colastomion parotiphagus Quicke in Quicke, Smith, Miller, Hrcek & Butcher, 2012: figs. 30-32

Holotype: USNM ENT 00680014; BOLD ASQSP026-08; Genbank JX034709, ♂.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang, 30-May-07, 145°10.910'E, 5°13.853'S, 100m, WS-2D-0932, ex caterpillar on Sarcocephalus coadunatus (Sm.) Druce (Rubiaceae); [Host – Parotis tricoloralis (Pagenstecher)].

Etymology: Named after the known host genus.

References

• Quicke, Donald L.J., M. Alex Smith, Scott E. Miller, Jan Hrcek & Buntika A. Butcher, 2012: Colastomion Baker (Braconidae, Rogadinae): nine new species from Papua New Guinea reared from Crambidae. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 28: 85–21. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.28.3484.