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Rod P. MACFARLANE, PEtER A. MAddISoN, IAN G. ANdREW, JoCELyN A. BERRy, PEtER M. JoHNS, RoBERt J. B. HoARE, MARIE-CLAudE LARIvIÈRE, PENELoPE GREENSLAdE, RoSA C. HENdERSoN, CouRtENAy N. SMItHERS, RICARdo L. PALMA, JoHN B. WARd, RoBERt L. C.... more
Rod P. MACFARLANE, PEtER A. MAddISoN, IAN G. ANdREW, JoCELyN A. BERRy, PEtER M. JoHNS, RoBERt J. B. HoARE, MARIE-CLAudE LARIvIÈRE, PENELoPE GREENSLAdE, RoSA C. HENdERSoN, CouRtENAy N. SMItHERS, RICARdo L. PALMA, JoHN B. WARd, RoBERt L. C. PILGRIM, dAvId R. toWNS, IAN McLELLAN, dAvId A. J. tEuLoN, tERRy R. HItCHINGS, vICtoR F. EAStoP, NICHoLAS A. MARtIN, MuRRAy J. FLEtCHER, MARLoN A. W. StuFKENS, PAMELA J. dALE, dANIEL BuRCKHARdt, tHoMAS R. BuCKLEy, StEvEN A. tREWICK
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1997, Vol. 24: 25-33 0301-4223/2401-025 $2.50/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 1997 ... Species of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) established in New Zealand ... JOCELYN A. BERRY Manaaki... more
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1997, Vol. 24: 25-33 0301-4223/2401-025 $2.50/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 1997 ... Species of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) established in New Zealand ... JOCELYN A. BERRY Manaaki Whenua - Landcare ...
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... DISCUSSION M. pulchricornis is distributed throughout Western Europe, North Africa, China, and ... wide host range: Huddleston (1980) records hosts from seven lepidopteran families - Geometridae ... Some hosts are econoinically... more
... DISCUSSION M. pulchricornis is distributed throughout Western Europe, North Africa, China, and ... wide host range: Huddleston (1980) records hosts from seven lepidopteran families - Geometridae ... Some hosts are econoinically important pests, for example the gypsy moth ...
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Two new species of Cryptoxilos are described from the South Pacific region. A new species from Auckland, New Zealand, Cryptoxilos thorpei Shaw & Berry, is described and illustrated. This is the first described species of the genus... more
Two new species of Cryptoxilos are described from the South Pacific region. A new species from Auckland, New Zealand, Cryptoxilos thorpei Shaw & Berry, is described and illustrated. This is the first described species of the genus Cryptoxilos from New Zealand. The species is associated with a scolytine bark beetle, Chaetoptelius mundulus (Broun) (Coleoptera : Scolytinae), on a dead Pittosporum tree. A second new species, Cryptoxilos beaveri Shaw & Berry, is described from Fiji, also a new locality record for the genus. The species is associated with cryphaline ambrosia beetles, Hypothenemus curtipennis and Hypothenemus dorsosignatus, in the tree Commersonia bartramia. The existing subgenus classification system is discussed in relation to character states expressed in these two new species. Neither new species can be easily assigned to a subgenus based on the existing system. Given serious problems in the consistent application of the previous subgenus system, we recommend that subg...
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, Phylogenetics, Crustacea, Biology, and 15 moreMorphology, Evolution, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Educational, Insects, Morphological Analysis, Marine invertebrates, Crustaceans, Braconidae, and Invertebrate Systematics
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... 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press. Harris & Berry: Adventive ants Fig. ... Reimer NJ. 1994. Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian Ecosystems. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of... more
... 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press. Harris & Berry: Adventive ants Fig. ... Reimer NJ. 1994. Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian Ecosystems. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of Introduced Species (ed DF Williams). Pp. 1122. ...
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The insects associated with the fruiting bodies of macrofungi are an important component of woodland biodiversity. A preliminary survey of the woodland insects associated with macrofungi was undertaken using commercial mushrooms as a... more
The insects associated with the fruiting bodies of macrofungi are an important component of woodland biodiversity. A preliminary survey of the woodland insects associated with macrofungi was undertaken using commercial mushrooms as a standard bait. Adult insects were collected in different categories of woodland (native mixed forest; native Nothofagus forest; exotic conifers; restoration/conservation areas) at 17 sites on the South Island of New Zealand. In total, 2429 specimens were collected, consisting of 1282 Coleoptera, 1022 Diptera and 125 Hymenoptera. Several newly-described genera and species of Diptera were recorded, indicating that the use of unconventional collecting techniques such as bait trapping can be useful in augmenting site-species inventories.Different orders of insects showed different patterns in terms of their abundance and species richness amongst the different categories of woodland. Coleoptera were more abundant and species-rich in native mixed and Nothofag...
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... 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press. Harris & Berry: Adventive ants Fig. ... Reimer NJ. 1994. Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian Ecosystems. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of... more
... 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press. Harris & Berry: Adventive ants Fig. ... Reimer NJ. 1994. Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian Ecosystems. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of Introduced Species (ed DF Williams). Pp. 1122. ...
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The New Zealand and Pacific Hymenoptera primary types (holotypes and syntypes; no lectotypes are designated) held by the New Zealand Arthropod Collection are listed. Valid names, original names, authorities, and references are given.... more
The New Zealand and Pacific Hymenoptera primary types (holotypes and syntypes; no lectotypes are designated) held by the New Zealand Arthropod Collection are listed. Valid names, original names, authorities, and references are given. Publication details from original citations are listed, as are label data from the specimen. Anomalies are noted. Appendices list holotypes which are recorded as having been deposited in the NZAC but have not been located and non-endemic holotypes held in the collection.
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Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Entomology, Phylogenetics, Crustacea, and 17 moreTaxonomy, Morphology, Evolution, Biogeography, Systematics, Biodiversity, Lepidoptera, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Scientific, Educational, Insects, Morphological Analysis, Worms, Marine invertebrates, Crustaceans, and Invertebrate Systematics
New lepidopteran hosts are recorded for the accidentally introduced polyphagous parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Twenty‐one host species (7 endemic, 13 exotic, and 1 undetermined) from... more
New lepidopteran hosts are recorded for the accidentally introduced polyphagous parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Twenty‐one host species (7 endemic, 13 exotic, and 1 undetermined) from eight lepidopteran families are known from New Zealand. Information is presented showing the impact of M. pulchricornis on Helicoverpa armigera and its associated parasitoids. The known parasitoid webs of other host species are detailed, and common elements are identified in order to indicate existing parasitoid species that may be affected by this exotic addition to the New Zealand fauna.
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Abstract The hyperparasitoids reared from three species of primary parasitoids of the gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) collected in South Australia and Tasmania are recorded and discussed. Seven... more
Abstract The hyperparasitoids reared from three species of primary parasitoids of the gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) collected in South Australia and Tasmania are recorded and discussed. Seven hyperparasitoids were reared. Diatora sp. and ?Paraphylax sp. (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae); Tetrastichus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae); Megadicylus dubius (Girault) (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) and Elasmus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) were reared from Cotesia urabae Austin and Allen (Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Megadicylus dubius, Elasmus sp. and Anastatus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) were reared from Dolichogenidea eucalypti Austin and Allen (Braconidae: Microgastrinae). Pediobius bruchicida (Rondani) (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) was reared from Euplectrus sp. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). This appears to be the first record of the cryptine ichneumonid genus Diatora Förster from Australia. Of the seven hyperparasitoid species reared, only one (P. bruchicida) is known to be present in New Zealand. Implications for the selection of a biological control agent for U. lugens in New Zealand are discussed. Some prior misidentifications of associated hyperparasitoids are noted.
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Three species of the genus Pheidole Westwood are known to be established in New Zealand: P. megacephala (Fab.), P. rugosula Forel, and P. vigilans (Smith). All appear to be restricted to the northernmost regions of Auckland and Northland,... more
Three species of the genus Pheidole Westwood are known to be established in New Zealand: P. megacephala (Fab.), P. rugosula Forel, and P. vigilans (Smith). All appear to be restricted to the northernmost regions of Auckland and Northland, except P. rugosula, which is also found in the Waikato area. An illustrated key is provided to major and minor workers of these three species. The subspecies P. variabilis rugosula Forel is raised to full species status after examination of type material.