Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Alysiinae
Tribus: Alysiini
Genus: Aphaereta
Species: Aphaereta ceratitivora

Name

  • Aphaereta ceratitivora van Achterberg & Oliveira in van Achterberg, Teixeira & Oliveira, 2012
Holotype: RMNH, ♀.
Type locality: “Portugal: Azores, Ponta Delgada, reared in lab., summer 2010, L. Oliviera, RMNH’ 11”, “ex Ceratitis capitata (Wied.)”.
Etymology: From the generic name of its host (Ceratites) and “voro” (Latin for “devour”), because it is devouring this host.

Primary references

  • Achterberg, K. van; Teixeira, T.; Oliveira, L. 2012: Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) from the Azores. ZooKeys 222: 1-9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.222.3618 Reference page. 
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