Gotra (wasp)

Gotra is a genus of ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Cryptinae. There are at least 40 described species in Gotra.^[3]

Gotra
Gotra octocincta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Cryptinae
Tribe:	Cryptini
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Gotra Cameron, 1902[1]
Type species
Gotra longicornis Cameron, 1902
Synonyms[2]
Stenaraeoides Uchida, 1932 Ivondrites Seyrig, 1952

Description and identification

Gotra is distinguished from other genera in the subtribe Mesostenina by having apical margin of the clypeus evenly arched but without a median tooth.^[4]

Distribution

Species in the genus are found in Northeast Asia, Indomalaya,^[5] Australasia,^[6] and Madagascar.^[7]

Species

The following are 40 species of Gotra:^[3]

• Gotra actuaria (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra acutilineata (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra albospinosa (Smith, 1859)
• Gotra annulipes (Cameron, 1906)
• Gotra anthracina (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra bimaculata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra carinifrons Cameron, 1903
• Gotra caveata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra cyclosiae (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra doddi Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra elegans Watanabe, 2020
• Gotra emaculata (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra errabunda Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra erythropus (Cameron, 1905)
• Gotra eversor (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra formosana (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra fugator (Seyrig, 1952)
• Gotra fuscicoxis Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra gilberti (Turner, 1919)
• Gotra hapaliae (Rao, 1953)
• Gotra interrupta Kusigemati, 1986
• Gotra latispina (Cameron, 1907)
• Gotra literata (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra longicornis Cameron, 1902
• Gotra luctuosa (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra maculata (Szepligeti, 1908)
• Gotra marginata (Brulle, 1846)
• Gotra novoguineensis (Szepligeti, 1916)
• Gotra octocincta (Ashmead, 1906)
• Gotra ominosa (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra philippinensis (Ashmead, 1904)
• Gotra pomonellae (Cameron, 1912)
• Gotra punctulata Cheesman, 1936
• Gotra ryukyuensis Kusigemati, 1986
• Gotra serendiva (Fernando, 1956)
• Gotra simulator (Tosquinet, 1903)
• Gotra stirocephala (Cameron, 1912)
• Gotra striatipleuris (Cameron, 1911)
• Gotra unicolor (Turner, 1919)
• Gotra varipes (Cameron, 1903)

Gallery

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  Gotra gilberti from Brisbane, Australia
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  Gotra octocincta from Nanning, China