Qrocodiledundee
| Qrocodiledundee | |
|---|---|
| Male holotype of Q. outbackense | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Subfamily: | Microgastrinae |
| Genus: | Qrocodiledundee Fernandez-Triana, 2018 |
| Species | |
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Qrocodiledundee is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae, with two known species only known from males.[1] The genus was described in 2018 and named after the comedy film series Crocodile Dundee.[2] It is known from Australia[2][3] and Thailand.[1]
Description
The genus can be recognized by the flagellomeres with two rows of placodes (flat, plate-like sensory structures), the thorax relatively flattened, the pronotum enlarged dorsally, the propodeum with a lateral projection on each side near the hind margin, and with an incomplete median longitudinal ridge, the second tergite enlarged and rectangular, and the forewing without an areolet.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri; Quicke, Donald L. J.; Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina; Jasso-Martínez, Jovana M.; Latibari, Minoo Heidari; Liu, Zhen; Butcher, Buntika A. (2025-06-30). "Expansion of the distributional range of Qrocodiledundee Fernández-Triana (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with the description of a new species in the Oriental region using an integrative taxonomy approach". Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History. 8 (1). doi:10.18476/2025.978354. ISSN 2628-2380.
- ^ a b c Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.; Boudreault, Caroline (2018-06-25). "Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 64: 25–140. doi:10.3897/jhr.64.25453. ISSN 1314-2607.
- ^ Fernandez-Triana, Jose; Shaw, Mark R.; Boudreault, Caroline; Beaudin, Melanie; Broad, Gavin R. (2020-03-23). "Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)". ZooKeys (920): 1–1089. Bibcode:2020ZooK..920....1F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7197271. PMID 32390740.