Areyonga is a genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. It currently consists of only one species, Areyonga eremica, from Australia.[1][2]
Areyonga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Genus: | Areyonga Gauld, 1984 |
Species: | A. eremica
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Binomial name | |
Areyonga eremica Gauld, 1984
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The genus has a few distinguishing features: it lacks occipital carina, the lower mandibular tooth is reduced to a vestigial state, and the segments at the base of the flagellum of each antenna are short 'annellar-like'.[1] The describing author Gauld inferred that it was related to the genus Probles.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Areyonga Gauld, 1984". Retrieved 2024-08-29.