Plutarchia (wasp) explained

Plutarchia is a genus of chalcid wasp in the subfamily Eurytominae. Alexandre Arsène Girault first circumscribed the genus in 1925; its name honors Plutarch. The genus initially only comprised its type species, P. bicarinativentris, found in Australia. Subsequent species from South Asia and Nigeria have been described and transferred to Plutarchia.

Biology

Species in the genus Plutarchia are parasitoids of the puparia of leaf-miner flies.

Distribution

Species in the genus Plutarchia have been found in Africa, South Asia, and Australasia. Of the described species, one is from Africa, one is from Australia, and 11 are from South Asia.

Species

, the Universal Chalcidoidea Database recognizes the following 13 species:

• Plutarchia bengalensis
• Plutarchia bicarinativentris
• Plutarchia carinata
• Plutarchia fronta
• Plutarchia gastris
• Plutarchia giraulti
• Plutarchia gracillima
• Plutarchia hayati
• Plutarchia indefensa
• Plutarchia keralensis
• Plutarchia malabarica
• Plutarchia marginata
• Plutarchia neepalica

There are at least three additional undescribed species.

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people

Further reading

• Chen . Yan . Xiao . Hui . Fu . Jinzhong . Huang . Da-Wei . A molecular phylogeny of eurytomid wasps inferred from DNA sequence data of 28S, 18S, 16S, and COI genes . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 2004 . 31 . 1 . 300–307 . 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00282-3 . 15019626 . none.
• Lotfalizadeh . Hosseinali . Delvare . Gérard . Rasplus . Jean-Yves . Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based on morphological characters . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2007 . 151 . 3 . 441–510 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00308.x . free . none.
• Book: Bouček . Z . Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species . 1988 . CAB International . Wallingford, Oxon . 0-85198-607-2 . none.