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Species Platygaster vitisiellae

Platygastrid ex Vitisiella - Platygaster vitisiellae - female Platygastrid ex Vitisiella - Platygaster vitisiellae - female Platygastrid ex Vitisiella - Platygaster vitisiellae - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Platygastroidea
Family Platygastridae
Subfamily Platygastrinae
Genus Platygaster
Species vitisiellae (Platygaster vitisiellae)
Explanation of Names
Authors: Buhl & Eiseman, 2016
Named for the host midge (Vitisiella sp.)
Remarks
The single known specimen was reared from a grape leaf gall caused by a possibly undescribed species of Vitisiella (Cecidomyiidae).
Internet References
Buhl, Peter N. and Charles S. Eiseman. 2016. Three new reared species of Platygaster (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from the United States. International Journal of Environmental Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2016.120132