Araucania (wasp)
| Araucania | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sapygidae |
| Subfamily: | Sapyginae |
| Genus: | Araucania Pate, 1947 |
Araucania is a tiny genus of sapygid wasps from South America, containing a single known species. This species was originally described under the genus name Laura (by Reed in 1930) but this name was already in use for a crustacean named in 1883. Ironically, after Pate described this wasp genus, four other authors named genera Araucania only to be forced to replace those names, in turn.
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