Shireplitis meriadoci

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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: Microgastrinae
Genus: Shireplitis
Species: Shireplitis meriadoci

Name

Shireplitis meriadoci Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013

    • Authority for placement: original
    • Gender: unchangeable (patronym for 'Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck, friend and companion of Frodo in the novel The Lord of the Rings')
    • Original genus: Shireplitis Fernández-Triana & Ward in Fernández-Triana et al., 2013
    • Original status: valid species
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
      • Description: [adult] female
      • Repository: NZAC NZAC04045142
    • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: MK, Mount Cook tr. Tokea Point, 850 m'
    • ZooBank: FB885E8A-BDBC-4A23-9520-62D7E920FE04

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. 562, and figs. 26-29]
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