01167nas a2200133 4500008004100000245005300041210005300094300001200147490000600159520067400165100001800839700001500857856016100872 1983 eng d00aThree families of Hymenoptera new to New Zealand0 aThree families of Hymenoptera new to New Zealand a397-4010 v73 a

Representatives of 3 previously unrecorded families of Hymenoptera have recently been found in New Zealand. Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders (Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae) which is a "fig wasp" in the fruits of Ficus rubiginosa Desfontaines, originates from
Australia. Two species of Embolemidae (Bethyloidea), collected from litter, Malaise traps, and "under stones", appear to be endemic. Ephutomorpha bivulnerata (Andre), (Scolioidea: Mutillidae), an Australian species, is the only member of the superfamily
Scolioidea established in New Zealand. Its host, as yet undiscovered, may prove to be a ground-nesting colletid bee.

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