Karlissaidia
Appearance
| Karlissaidia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Tribe: | Trogaspidiini |
| Genus: | Karlissaidia Lelej, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Karlissaidia medvedevi | |
Karlissaidia is a genus of velvet ants found in Sri Lanka and India.[1]
Description
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The genus was named after Karlissa, the youngest daughter of the American entomologist Karl Vorse Krombein.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Karlissaidia contains the following species:
- Karlissaidia medvedevi (Lelej, 2005)[1]
- Karlissaidia nana (Hammer, 1962)[1]
- Karlissaidia turneri (Lelej, 2005)[1]
- Karlissaidia sexmaculata (Swederus, 1787)[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Arkady S. Lelej. Lelej A. S. Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Oriental region. - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2005. - 252 p. pp. 194–195.
- ↑ Brothers, Denis J.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017-10-30). "Phylogeny and higher classification of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) based on morphological reanalyses". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 60: 1–97. doi:10.3897/jhr.60.20091. ISSN 1314-2607.