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Species Platygaster vitisiellae

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

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 July, 2016 - 4:59pm

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