Karlissaidia

Karlissaidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Tribe: Trogaspidiini
Genus:
Lelej, 2005
Type species
Karlissaidia medvedevi

Karlissaidia is a genus of velvet ants found in Sri Lanka and India.[1]

Description

Etymology

The genus was named after Karlissa, the youngest daughter of the American entomologist Karl Vorse Krombein.[1]

Taxonomy

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

  1. ^ a b c d e Arkady S. Lelej. Lelej A. S. Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Oriental region. - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2005. - 252 p. pp. 194–195.
  2. ^ 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.


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