Alabagrus muisca

Alabagrus muisca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Agathidinae
Genus: Alabagrus
Species: A. muisca
Binomial name
Alabagrus muisca
Sharkey, 1988

Alabagrus muisca is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily of Agathidinae of the family Braconidae.[1] The wasp was described by Sharkey in 1988.[2][3]

Etymology

This species is named for the Muisca people, who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in Colombia, where the wasp was found.

Description

Forewing entirely and evenly black. Hind tibia black; maxillary and labial palpomeres yellowish orange; mid tarsus black.[4]

See also

References

  1. Data related to Alabagrus at Wikispecies
  2. Alabagrus muisca - Biodiversity Heritage Library - accessed 22-04-2016
  3. Alabagrus muisca - Catalogue of Life - accessed 22-04-2016
  4. Leathers, Jason & Sharkey, Michael, 2003 Taxonomy and Life History of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera:Braconidae), With a Key to World Species, p. 15 - accessed 22-04-2016
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