New Zealand Anacharitinae

fig. 1: Aegilips? sp. from Tamaki Campus, New Zealand, body length about 2.5 mm

fig. 2: Aegilips? sp. (wing)

fig. 3: Aegilips? sp. (dorsal)

fig. 4: Aegilips? sp. (lateral)

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Figitidae
Subfamilia: Anacharitinae Wikispecies link

Checklist of New Zealand Anacharitinae

(2 genera, 2 species)

• Aegilips sp. [tentative ID] Wikispecies link
• Anacharis zealandica Ashmead, 1900 Wikispecies link

Notes

• the only species of Anacharitinae reported from New Zealand in the published literature is Anacharis zealandica
• there is, however, a second species, as yet unreported in the published literature, and at present only tentatively identified as belonging to the genus Aegilips
• there are a few specimens of the second species in NZAC, collected from various widespread localities, decades ago
• I recently collected a specimen on vegetation by the pond on the Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland (see figs. 1-4)
• the second species differs from Anacharis zealandica in several characters, such as by having only a short, sculptured petiole (see. fig. 4)

Stephen Thorpe 23:01, 3 February 2011 (CET)