Betyla midas

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Betyla midas
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Data Deficient (NZ TCS) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diapriidae
Genus: Betyla
Species:
B. midas
Binomial name
Betyla midas
Naumann, 1988 [2]

Betyla midas is a species of diapriid wasp found in New Zealand. [3] [2]

This species was first described in 1988 by Ian D. Naumann, [2] [4] from female specimens and a single male. [4] The species epithet, midas refers to King Midas because of "the golden pubescence of T2". [4]

Its colour is largely an orange-yellow. [4]

This wasp is endemic to New Zealand, [3] and under the New Zealand Threat Classification System it has been declared "Data Deficient". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "NZTCS: Betyla midas". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Betyla midas Naumann, 1988". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "NZOR: Detail - Betyla midas Naumann, 1988". NZOR.org.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ian D. Naumann (30 December 1988). "Ambositrinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)". Fauna of New Zealand. 15. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 65–66. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.15. ISSN   0111-5383. OCLC   436970413. Wikidata   Q45081568.
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