Hymenoptera

Jennings, John T. & Austin, Andrew D., 2015, Synopsis of the hymenopteran fauna of Lord Howe Island with a preliminary checklist of species, Zootaxa 3931 (3), pp. 423-432 : 426-430

Checklist of Hymenoptera of Lord Howe Island

Taxon References/comments Xiphydrioidea

Xiphydriidae

Rhysacephala masneri Jennings & Austin * Jennings & Austin (2009) APOCRITA

Ceraphronoidea

Ceraphronidae

Ceraphron sp. Dodd (1924) 7 unidentified species AM Megaspilidae

2 unidentified species AM Evanioidea

Evaniidae

Evania appendigaster L. AM; Deans (2005); cosmopolitan Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption flavitarse (Guérin-Meneville) AM; also eastern Australia Cynipoidea

Figitidae (Eucoilinae)

2 unidentified species AM Proctotrupoidea

Diapriidae

Spilomicrus howensis Dodd * AM; Dodd (1924) Tetramopria plana Dodd AM; Dodd (1924); also Norfolk Island 17 unidentified species AM Proctotrupidae

1 unidentified species AM Platygastroidea

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Scelioninae

Baeus murphyi Stevens Stevens & Austin (2007) ; widespread in eastern Australia, also Lord

Howe Is. Jarabamius vestitus ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Galloway (1982); AM Lidgbirdius terrestris ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Galloway (1982); AM Mirobaeoides kerryi Austin* Austin (1986) ; AM Mirobaeoides lordhowei Austin* Austin (1986) ; AM Mirobaeoides pecki (Austin) * Austin (1984, 1995); AM Probaryconus discolor ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Galloway & Austin (1984); AM Probaryconus vestigialis ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Galloway & Austin (1984); AM Telenomus sp. Dodd (1924) Trimorus howensis ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) 10 unidentified species AM

Platygastrinae

Amblyaspis flavibrunneus Dodd* Dodd (1924) Trichasis howensis Dodd* Dodd (1924) 5 unidentified species AM

Mymarommatoidea

Mymarommatidae

2 unidentified species AM

Chalcidoidea

Agaonidae

Pleistodontes froggatti Mayr (= P. semiruficeps Boucek (1988) ; AM; eastern Australia south to Sydney NSW, plus Girault) Lord Howe Is. Sycoscapter sp. (= Sycoryctes sp.) Dodd (1924); Boucek (1988) 2 unidentified species AM

Chalcididae

Hockeria sp. (= Stomatoceras sp.) Dodd (1924); Boucek (1988) 4 unidentified species AM

Encyrtidae

14 unidentified species AM

Eucharitidae

1 unidentified species AM

Eulophidae

Omphalodipara clavicornis ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Boucek (1988) Tetrastichus sp. Dodd (1924) 13 unidentified species AM

Eupelmidae

Anastatus sp. Dodd (1924) ‘Eupelmus’ sp. (possibly Brasema sp.) Dodd (1924) Metapelma westwoodi Girault Dodd (1924) ; Boucek (1988); New Guinea to northern NSW and

Lord Howe Is.

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Mymaridae

Gonatocerus sp. Dodd (1924)

5 unidentified species AM

Perilampidae

Perilampus dentatinotum Girault * Girault (1928); Boucek (1988) 2 unidentified species AM

Pteromalidae

Cerocephala sp. Dodd (1924)

Cleonymus regalis ( Dodd)* Dodd (1924) ; Boucek (1988) Pseudanogmus silanus (Walker) (= P. fasciipennis Dodd (1924) ; Boucek (1988); widespread in eastern Australia Dodd) including Lord Howe Is. and Norfolk Island Pseudoceraphron pulex Dodd* Dodd (1924) ; Dessart (1967) Sycoscapter sp. (= Sycoryctes sp.) Dodd (1924); Boucek (1988) 16 unidentified species AM

Torymidae

1 unidentified species AM

Trichogrammatidae

1 unidentified species AM

Ichneumonoidea

Braconidae

Ceratodoryctes tinae Belokobylskij, Iqbal & Austin Belokobylskij et al. (2004) ; south-east Queensland and Lord

Howe Is.

Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) Carmichael et al. (2005) ; introduced from Hawaii Fopius arisanus (Sonan) Carmichael et al. (2005) ; introduced from Hawaii Pseudochremylus carinatus Belokobylskij* Belokobylskij (1999) ; AM Spathius masneri Austin & Jennings * Austin & Jennings (2009); AM Therophilus rugosus (Turner) Stevens et al. 2011 ; widely distributed in Australia; Lord Howe Is. 42 unidentified species AM

Ichneumonidae

Certonotus nitidulus Morley AM; eastern Australia Labena keira Gauld & Holloway Gauld & Holloway (1986) ; AM; eastern Australia and Lord Howe Is. Netelia (Netelia) producta (Brullé) AFD; AM; Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Zealand Perisphincter tooloomi Gauld Gauld (1976) ; Lord Howe Is., NSW and Queensland Xanthopimpla summervillei (Girault) Townes & Chiu (1970) ; Lord Howe Is.; NSW, Queensland, Irian

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31 unidentified species AM

Chrysidoidea

Bethylidae

Dryinidae

Gonatopus sp. Dodd(1924)

4 unidentified species AM

Vespoidea

Formicidae

Amblyopone australis Erichson AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Caledonia, New

Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Amblyopone leae Wheeler* Wheeler (1927a) ; AM

Amblyopone —2 unidentified species* AM; Cassis et al. (2003) lists these two species as endemic to

Lord Howe Is.

Camponotus howensis Wheeler* Wheeler (1927b) ; AM

Camponotus novaehollandiae Mayr AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel AM; widespread tramp species (Antwiki 2014) Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr) AM; tropical and subtropical Pacific region (Antwiki 2014) Discothyrea —1 unidentified species* AM; Cassis et al. (2003) lists this species as endemic to Lord

Howe Is.

Hypoponera pallidula (Emery) AM; Antwiki (2014); New Guinea and Lord Howe Is. Iridomyrmex calvus Emery AM; Antwiki (2014); southern Australian mainland, Tasmania, Lord

Howe Is., Norfolk Island and New Caledonia Lordomyrma leae Wheeler AM; Antwiki (2014); eastern Australia and Lord Howe Is. Monomorium fieldi Forel AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Zealand, Norfolk Island

Monomorium tambourinense Forel AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is. Ochetellus glaber (Mayr) AM; Antwiki (2014); widespread species Oligomyrmex sp. Cassis et al. (2003); AM

Orectognathus howensis Wheeler* Wheeler (1927b) ; AM

Paratrechina minutula (Forel) AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is., Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Paratrechina —4 unidentified species Cassis et al. (2003); AM

Ponera leae Forel AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Caledonia, New

Zealand (introduced), Norfolk Island.

Proceratium papuanum Emery AM; Antwiki (2014); Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea,

Philippines, Solomon Islands.

Proceratium sp nov* AM; Cassis et al. (2003) lists this species as endemic to Lord

Howe Is.

Rhytidoponera victoriae (André) AM; Antwiki (2014); eastern Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Is. Strumigenys perplexa (Smith) AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Philippines

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Strumigenys xenos Brown AM; Antwiki (2014); Australia and New Zealand Tapinoma sp. Cassis et al. (2003); AM Technomyrmex albipes (Smith) AM; Antwiki (2014); introduced to Australia and Lord Howe Is. Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander) AM; Antwiki (2014); introduced to Australia and Lord Howe Is. Tetramorium pacificum Mayr AM; Antwiki (2014); Oriental and Indo-Australian Tetramorium simillimum (Smith) AM; Antwiki (2014); introduced to Australia and Lord Howe Is. Pompilidae

Sphictostethus insularis Krogmann & Austin 2011 * Krogmann & Austin (2011) 4 unidentified species AM

Tiphiidae

Diamma bicolor Westwood AM; AFD; widespread in southeastern Australia including Tasmania

and Lord Howe Is.

Zaspilothynnus campanularis (Smith) AM; AFD; eastern Australia and Lord Howe Is. Vespidae

1 unidentified species AM

Apoidea

Apidae s.l.

Apis mellifera L. AM; cosmopolitan

Chalicodoma (Hackeriapis) mackayensis Cockerell (1910) ; AM; widespread in eastern Australia; possibly (Cockerell) introduced to Lord Howe Is. ( Michener 1965) Homalictus urbanus (Smith) AM; AFD; widespread – Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia,

Vanuatu, Lord Howe Is.

Hyleoides zonalis Smith AM; AFD; widespread eastern and southeastern Australia, and Lord

Howe Is.

Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) subplebeium ( Cockerell) Cockerell (1930) ; widespread in eastern Australia Leioproctus philonesus ( Cockerell)* Cockerell (1929) ; AM

Lithurge atratiformis ( Cockerell) Cockerell (1905) ; AM; north coast of Australia Halictinae —1 unidentified species AM

Crabronidae

Tachysphex fanuiensis howeanus Pulawski* Pulawski (1977) ; AM; T. fanuiensis corallinus Pulawski widespread in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Tachysphex fanuiensis howeanus restricted to Lord Howe Is. 7 unidentified species AM