Janzenella

Janzenella is a genus of wasp, the only member of the family Janzenellidae within the superfamily Platygastroidea. It contains only a single known species, Janzenella innupta, which has only been collected in Costa Rica. Fossil members of the species have also been described from Miocene aged Dominican amber.[1][2]

Janzenella
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Platygastroidea
Family: Janzenellidae
Johnson & Austin, 2021
Genus: Janzenella
Masner & Johnson, 2007
Species:
J. innupta
Binomial name
Janzenella innupta
Masner & Johnson, 2007

References

  1. MASNER, LUBOMÍR; JOHNSON, NORMAN F. (June 2007). "Janzenella, an Enigmatic New Genus of Scelionid Wasp from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)". American Museum Novitates. 3574: 1–7. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3574[1:jaengo]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0082.
  2. Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew; Masner, Lubomír; Austin, Andrew D.; Johnson, Norman F. (2021). "An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 1088–1113. doi:10.1111/syen.12511. ISSN 1365-3113.
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