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Alabagrus muisca

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Alabagrus muisca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Etymology

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

Description

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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