Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia
Author
Kim, Il-Kwon
Author
Maurice
Author
Salle, John La
text
Zootaxa
2005
989
1
10
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171382
b399df9c-e0bf-4a52-8241-e7a2db229ff6
11755326
171382
Moona
Kim & La Salle
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Moona spermophaga
. Gender feminine.
Etymology.
The genus name
Moona
comes from an Australian aboriginal word, meaning “gum tree” (
Cooper, 1979
). We have chosen this name to signify the relationship of this wasp with gum trees.