Fergusonina metrosiderosi

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Name

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

References

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)]