Fergusonina metrosiderosi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Opomyzoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Opomyzoidea

Familia: Fergusoninidae
Genus: Fergusonina
Species: Fergusonina metrosiderosi

Fergusonina metrosiderosi Taylor, 2007: 549

Original genus: Fergusonina Malloch, 1924
Original status: Valid species
Primary type: Holotype
- Fixation: Designated
- Description: [Adult] male
- Repository: NZAC
Type host: Metrosideros excelsa, 'from shoot-bud galls'
Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: (slide) NW of Auckland, Waitakere Ranges, Karekare Beach, 36°59.43'S 174°28.54'E' [NEW ZEALAND AK]
ZooBank: 30846A66-1490-4505-82A8-60B6B4D2ABFD

Taylor, G. et al. 2007: First record of Fergusonina (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and associated Fergusobia (Tylenchida: Neotylenchidae) forming galls on Metrosideros (Myrtaceae) from New Zealand. Systematic entomology 32(3): 548-557. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00383.x Reference page. [See p. 549, and figs. 1, 2 (gall); original description (female, male)]

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