Alabagrus muisca is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily of Agathidinae of the family Braconidae.[1] The wasp was described by Sharkey in 1988.[2][3]

Alabagrus muisca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Alabagrus
Species:
A. muisca
Binomial name
Alabagrus muisca
Sharkey, 1988

Etymology edit

This species is named for the Muisca people, who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in Colombia, where the wasp was found.

Description edit

Forewing entirely and evenly black. Hind tibia black; maxillary and labial palpomeres yellowish orange; mid tarsus black.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^   Data related to Alabagrus at Wikispecies
  2. ^ Alabagrus muisca - Biodiversity Heritage Library - accessed 22-04-2016
  3. ^ Alabagrus muisca - Catalogue of Life - accessed 22-04-2016
  4. ^ Leathers, Jason & Sharkey, Michael, 2003 Taxonomy and Life History of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera:Braconidae), With a Key to World Species, p. 15 Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 22-04-2016