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Clistopyga crassicaudata

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Species of wasp

Clistopyga crassicaudata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Clistopyga
Species: C. crassicaudata
Binomial name
Clistopyga crassicaudata
Sääksjärvi et al., 2018

Clistopyga crassicaudata is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae which was first described in 2018. It is found in Peru and was one of seven new species found in a narrow zone of vegetation between the Amazon rainforest and the Andes. It received attention in the news due to the size of the female stinger/ovipositor.

References

  1. ^ Palacio, Edgard; Bordera, Santiago; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.; Díaz, Francisco (2018). "The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part II: the C. isayae species group, with the description of seven new species". Zootaxa. 4442 (1): 101–121. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.5. PMID 30313985.
  2. "Clistopyga cressicaudata". BBC Wildlife. November 2018. p. 53.
  3. Willingham, AJ (10 July 2018). "All wasps are scary, but this one is definitely the scariest". CNN.
  4. Molina, Brett (9 July 2018). "'Fierce weapon': New wasp species with giant stinger discovered in Amazon region, scientists say". USA Today.
Taxon identifiers
Clistopyga crassicaudata


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