Biodiversity Data Journal : Taxonomic paper
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Cheiloneurus flaccus (Walker, 1847) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), new to New Zealand
Corresponding author: Stephen E. Thorpe (stephen_thorpe@yahoo.co.nz)
Academic editor: José Fernández-Triana
Received: 26 Jul 2013 | Accepted: 02 Sep 2013 | Published: 16 Sep 2013
© 2013 Stephen E. Thorpe.
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Citation: Thorpe S (2013) Cheiloneurus flaccus (Walker, 1847) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), new to New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e958. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e958
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Cheiloneurus flaccus (Walker, 1847) is reported from New Zealand for the first time.
Cheiloneurus flaccus, Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae, New Zealand, Auckland, Dryinidae, NZOR
Cheiloneurus flaccus a distinctive species of encyrtid found widely in the New World, and also Australia (
On 20 April 2013, while looking for insects in swards of long grass on the Tamaki Campus of the University of Auckland, I noticed two specimens of an unusual looking encyrtid. I collected one of the two specimens (see