Bracalba sculptifrons

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
Genus: Bracalba
Species: Bracalba sculptifrons

Name

• Bracalba sculptifrons Burks in Burks, Masner, Johnson & Austin, 2012: figs. 51-54

Holotype: WAMP, OSUC 231799, ♀.

Type locality: AUSTRALIA: WA, ~25km E Perth, John Forrest National Park, 23.XII-27.XII.1986, J. S. Noyes.

Etymology: Used as a noun in apposition to the generic name, derived from a combination of the Latin participle sculptus and noun frons, referring to its strong network of frontal carinae.

References

• Burks, R.A. et al. 2012: Taxonomic revision of Bracalba Dodd (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), a parasitoid wasp genus endemic to Australia. ZooKeys, 236: 1–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.236.3434 Reference page.