Heterospilus nephilim

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: Doryctinae
Tribus: Heterospilini
Genus: Heterospilus
Species: Heterospilus nephilim

Name

Heterospilus nephilim Marsh, 2013: 412, fig. 261

Holotype: ESUW, ♀, Apr. 1993, INBio-OET.

Type locality: COSTA RICA: Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva 50-, 150m, 10°26 N, 84°01 W.

Etymology: The specific name is from the Hebrew, Nephilim, which refers to the Biblical giants of the Old Testament and is in reference to the large size of this species.

References

Marsh, P.M., Wild, A.L. & Whitfield, J.B. 2013. The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini. ZooKeys 347: 1–474. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.347.6002 Reference page. [original description: p. 412, fig. 261]

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