Qrocodiledundee
Genus of wasps
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Qrocodiledundee is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae, with two known species only known from males.[1] The genus was described in 2018 and named after the comedy film series Crocodile Dundee.[2] It is known from Australia[2][3] and Thailand.[1]
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| Male holotype of Q. outbackense | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Subfamily: | Microgastrinae |
| Genus: | Qrocodiledundee Fernandez-Triana, 2018 |
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Description
The genus can be recognized by the flagellomeres with two rows of placodes (flat, plate-like sensory structures), the thorax relatively flattened, the pronotum enlarged dorsally, the propodeum with a lateral projection on each side near the hind margin, and with an incomplete median longitudinal ridge, the second tergite enlarged and rectangular, and the forewing without an areolet.[1][2]
