Astarteserphus, ENGEL & HERHOLD & BARDEN, 2022

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., HERHOLD, HOLLISTER W. & BARDEN, PHILLIP, 2022, A proctotrupid wasp in Lebanese Lower Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), Palaeoentomology 5 (5), pp. 439-444 : 441

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80808B4C-60D3-4CA8-8573-21C91F883AAF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7333711

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE168B6D-FE6F-8826-FF40-48F062CCFDF6

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Astarteserphus
status

gen. nov.

Astarteserphus gen. nov.

Type species. Astarteserphus grimaldii sp. nov.

Etymology. The new genus-group name is a combination of the Ancient Greek name for the Near Eastern goddess Ἀστάρτη / Astártē (particularly worshipped among the Phoenicians) and Serphus Schrank (from Ancient Greek σέρΦΟΣ / sérphos, meaning, “small winged insect” and at the time likely referring to gnats), the latter a historical name for Proctotrupes Latreille. The gender of the name is masculine.

Diagnosis. As for the subfamily (vide supra).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

InfraClass

Lower

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Proctotrupidae

SubFamily

Astarteserphinae

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