Gotra (wasp)

Gotra
Gotra octocincta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Cryptinae
Tribe:	Cryptini
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Gotra Cameron, 1902 [1]
Type species
Gotra longicornis Cameron, 1902
Synonyms [2]
StenaraeoidesUchida, 1932 IvondritesSeyrig, 1952

Gotra is a genus of ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Cryptinae. There are at least 40 described species in Gotra. ^[3]

Description and identification

Gotra is distinguished from other genera in the subtribe Mesostenina by having apical margin of the clypeus evenly arched but without a median tooth. ^[4]

Distribution

Species in the genus are found in Northeast Asia, Indomalaya, ^[5] Australasia, ^[6] and Madagascar. ^[7]

Species

The following are 40 species of Gotra: ^[3]

• Gotra actuaria (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra acutilineata (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra albospinosa (Smith, 1859)
• Gotra annulipes (Cameron, 1906)
• Gotra anthracina (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra bimaculata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra carinifrons Cameron, 1903
• Gotra caveata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra cyclosiae (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra doddi Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra elegans Watanabe, 2020
• Gotra emaculata (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra errabunda Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra erythropus (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra eversor (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra formosana (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra fugator (Seyrig, 1952)
• Gotra fuscicoxis Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra gilberti (Turner, 1919)
• Gotra hapaliae (Rao, 1953)
• Gotra interrupta Kusigemati, 1986
• Gotra latispina (Cameron, 1907)
• Gotra literata (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra longicornis Cameron, 1902
• Gotra luctuosa (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra maculata (Szepligeti, 1908)
• Gotra marginata (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra novoguineensis (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra octocincta (Ashmead, 1906)
• Gotra ominosa (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra philippinensis (Ashmead, 1904)
• Gotra pomonellae (Cameron, 1912)
• Gotra punctulata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra ryukyuensis Kusigemati, 1986
• Gotra serendiva (Fernando, 1956)
• Gotra simulator (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra stirocephala (Cameron, 1912)
• Gotra striatipleuris (Cameron, 1911)
• Gotra unicolor (Turner, 1919)
• Gotra varipes (Cameron, 1903)

Gallery

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  Gotra gilberti from Brisbane, Australia
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  Gotra octocincta from Nanning, China

References

1. Cameron, P. (1902). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Oriental Region (Ichneumonidae, Fossores and Anthophila)" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 9: 204–215. doi:10.1080/00222930208678569.
2. Watanabe, Kyohei (2020). "Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Notes on Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 12 New Species". Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) (49): 29–66. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
3. "Gotra Cameron, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
4. Jonathan, Joseph K. (2006). Ichneumonologica Indica. Kolkata, India: Zoological Survey of India. pp. 193–203. ISBN   8181711076.
5. Mazumdar, Santosh; Hebert, Paul D.N.; Miah, M.D. Ismail; Reddy, Gadi V.P. (2023). "Non-chalcidoid wasps recorded in Bangladesh: Sustainable approaches to the biological control of arthropod pests". Munis Entomology & Zoology. 18 (2): 1090–1124. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
6. Gauld, Ian D. (1984). An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia. London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 158. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1037078. ISBN   0-565-00895-1.
7. van Noort, Simon. "Gotra Cameron". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. Retrieved 2024-12-27.

External links

• Media related to Gotra at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Gotra at Wikispecies

• Australian fauna database