Alabagrus muisca

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Alabagrus muisca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Alabagrus
Species:
A. muisca
Binomial name
Alabagrus muisca
Sharkey, 1988

Alabagrus muisca is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily of Agathidinae of the family Braconidae. [1] The wasp was described by Sharkey in 1988. [2] [3]

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Etymology

This species is named for the Muisca people, who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in Colombia, where the wasp was found.

Description

Forewing entirely and evenly black. Hind tibia black; maxillary and labial palpomeres yellowish orange; mid tarsus black. [4]

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References

  1. Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Alabagrus at Wikispecies
  2. Alabagrus muisca - Biodiversity Heritage Library - accessed 22-04-2016
  3. Alabagrus muisca - Catalogue of Life - accessed 22-04-2016
  4. Leathers, Jason & Sharkey, Michael, 2003 Taxonomy and Life History of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera:Braconidae), With a Key to World Species, p. 15 Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 22-04-2016