Thoreauella Girault
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:968051F6-9639-4145-AA0A-56763666EBBA |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669867 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6600CF74-FFC1-EA17-FF23-C94718CC327A |
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Thoreauella Girault |
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This is the first record of Emargininae from New Zealand. Emargininae are characterised by having a deeply bilobed forewing. The only other cynipoid genus in New Zealand with a bilobed forewing is Kleidotoma . Thoreauella has a narrow, rhomboid scutellum with prominent lateral carinae, whereas the scutellum in Kleidotoma is tear-drop shaped.
Only ten specimens of Emargininae exist in the NZAC, but these are from widespread locations. North Island: AK, GB, HB, ND, WI. South Island: NN. Six specimens were collected as part of a large scale survey of pasture ( Cumber 1959) but had been misidentified as Kleidotoma . It is uncertain if these specimens represent an adventive or a native species. Thoreauella are associated with ants, and are probably parasitoids of dipteran larvae in ant nests or refuse deposits ( Ronquist 1999). The New Zealand ant fauna is very small ( Ward 2009) and ants have been very well collected, so it surprising not to have more records of Thoreauella .
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