Doddifoenus burksi is a species of wasp found in India. It was named after Dr Roger A. Burks, an entomologist. It was first observed and described from Belur in Karnataka.[1] A pair of them were observed mating and later parasitizing a Cerambycidae larva.
| Doddifoenus burksi | |
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| Bangalore, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pelecinellidae |
| Genus: | Doddifoenus |
| Species: | D. burksi
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| Binomial name | |
| Doddifoenus burksi (Gupta et al., 2022)
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References edit
- ^ Gupta, Ankita; Gowda, Hemanth Kumar Hosautpathanahalli Mogappa; Sankararaman, Hariharakrishnan (2022). "First report of the genus with first host record and description of an enchanting new species of Doddifoenus Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Leptofoeninae) from India". Biologia. 77 (9): 2581–2592. doi:10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4. ISSN 1336-9563.
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