Coffeikokkos copeyensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cynipoidea
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: Cynipoidea

Familia: Cynipidae
Subfamilia: Cynipinae
Tribus: Cynipini
Genus: Coffeikokkos
Species: Coffeikokkos copeyensis

Name

Coffeikokkos copeyensis Pujade-Villar & Melika in Pujade-Villar, Hanson & Melika, 2012

Holotype: MZUCR, ♀.

Type locality: COSTA RICA, San José, Cerro de la Muerte, Est. Biol. Cuericí, 2600 m, ix-1997, P. Hanson.

Etymology: The species is named after the junior synonym of the host plant, Quercus copeyensis, on which it induces galls and which name is still in use between the scientists of the given region.

Primary references

Pujade-Villar, J.; Hanson, P.; Melika, G. 2012: A new genus of oak gallwasp, Coffeikokkos Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of a new species from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae). ZooKeys 168: 19-29. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.168.2030 .

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