Microctonus zealandicus

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: Euphorinae
Genera: Microctonus
Species: Microctonus zealandicus

Name

• Microctonus zealandicus Shaw, 1993

Holotype female: NZAC. Paratypes: 7 females, 11 males (NZAC, RMSEL).

Type locality: near Darfield, 50 km west of Christchurch, Mid Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.

References

• McNeill, M.R.; Phillips, C.B.; Goldson, S.L. 1993: Diagnostic characteristics and biology of three Microctonus spp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae) parasitoids of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand pasture and lucerne. New Zealand entomologist, 16: 39–44. ISSN: 0077-9962
• Phillips, C.B.; Emberson, R.M. 1999: Morphological discrimination between first instar larvae of four euphorine parasitoids. BioControl, 44(2): 159–169. DOI: 10.1023/A:1009929427588
• Shaw, S.R. 1993: Three new Microctonus species indigenous to New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). New Zealand entomologist, 16: 29–39.