Biology:Taeniogonalos gestroi

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Short description: Species of wasp

Taeniogonalos gestroi
Taeniogonalos wasp.jpg
Adult found in Selangor, Malaysia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Trigonalidae
Genus: Taeniogonalos
Species:
T. gestroi
Binomial name
Taeniogonalos gestroi
(Schultz, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Poecilogonalos thwaitesi var. gestroi Schultz, 1908
  • Poecilogonalos pulchella gestroi Weinstein and Austin, 1991
  • Poecilogonalos thwaitesi thwaitesi Weinstein and Austin, 1991

Taeniogonalos gestroi is a species of wasp in the family Trigonalidae.[2] It is a hyperparasitoid that parasitise Ichneumonidae and Tachinidae larva inside the caterpillars of Lepidoptera.

Distribution

It has a wide range, as it is native to India (Sikkim), Malaysia, China (Hainan, Jiangsu, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea.[3]

Description

Taeniogonalos gestroi adult

Ground colour is black with yellow maculae (spots; patterns). Wings are hyaline (translucent), with the forewings having a brown translucent area covering most of the radial cell. Adults are diurnal.[1] It was previously thought to be a subspecies or a variety of a different species, Taeniogonalos thwaitesii,[2] which is native to Sri Lanka.

Females lack a medio-apical process on the second sternite.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Taeniogonalos gestroi (Schultz 1908)". https://eol.org/pages/52603465/data. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zaifu, Xu; Huayan, Chen; Van Achterberg, Kees; He, Jun-Hua (2014). "A revision of the Chinese Trigonalyidae (Hymenoptera, Trigonalyoidea)". ZooKeys (385): 1–207. doi:10.3897/zookeys.385.6560. PMID 24624023. PMC 3950486. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3459. Retrieved 13 June 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Smith, David R.; Tripotin, Pierre (2015). "Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) of Thailand, other southeastern Asian records, and a new Trigonalys from India". Journal of Hymenoptera Research (David R. Smith, Pierre Tripotin) 44: 1–18. doi:10.3897/JHR.44.4495. https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4495. Retrieved 11 Jun 2021. 

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