Shireplitis samwisei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Microgastrinae
Genus: Shireplitis
Species:

Name

  • Etymology: patronym for 'Samwise (Sam) Gamgee, sidekick of Frodo and one of the main characters in the novel The Lord of the Rings').

References

Primary references

  • Fernández-Triana, J.L.; Ward, D.F.; Cardinal, S.; Achterberg, C. van 2013: A review of Paroplitis (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), and description of a new genus from New Zealand, Shireplitis, with convergent morphological traits. Zootaxa 3722(4): 549–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.4.6 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 563, and figs. 35-37]
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