Overview and key to the New Zealand Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)
Author
Ward, D. F.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.4
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Trybliographa
Förster
(
Fig. 15
)
Trybliographa
are often parasitoids of
Anthomyiidae (
Paretas-Martínez
et al.
2013
)
.
Trybliographa
are commonly collected and widespread. North Island: AK, BP, GB, HB. South Island: BR, NN, MC. However, there are at least two species of
Trybliographa
in the NZAC. Molecular information from one
New Zealand
specimen (
Table 1
) matches two specimens from
Canada
; including Churchill, Manitoba (TWHYM037-09;
Stahlhut
et al.
2013
) and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (CNWLF453-12).
Trybliographa
can be abundant in
New Zealand
. For example,
Hodge
et al.
(2010)
surveyed the insect fauna of different habitat
types
using mushroom baits. Of the 125
Hymenoptera
specimens collected, 96% were
Trybliographa
. They were abundant in exotic conifers and urban sites but not native forest. Interestingly, in this study only one specimen of
Anthomyiidae
(Diptera) was caught, a group which is usually parasitised by
Trybliographa
(
Paretas-Martínez
et al.
2013
)
.