A REVISION OF THE NEW-ZEALAND SPECIES OF THE PARASITOID GENUS ALEOCHARA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF 4 NEW SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE)

Authors
KLIMASZEWSKI J CROSBY TK
Citation
J. Klimaszewski et Tk. Crosby, A REVISION OF THE NEW-ZEALAND SPECIES OF THE PARASITOID GENUS ALEOCHARA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF 4 NEW SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27(2), 1997, pp. 243-269
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand → ACNP
ISSN journal
03036758
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
243 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6758(1997)27:2<243:AROTNS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The New Zealand species of Aleochara are revised. Six species are reco gnised: Aleochara puberula (Klug), A. subaenea Fauvel, and 4 new speci es - A. aucklandica (North Island: AK), A. complexa (Kermadec Islands) , A. hammondi (South Island: MK, WD, OL, CO), and A. watti (Three King s Islands). All species are described, and diagnostic features are ill ustrated. Adults are mainly predacious on immature stages of cyclorrha phous Diptera, and the larvae are parasitoids of dipteran puparia. ''A .'' puber (Broun) and ''A.'' semifusca Broun are excluded from Aleocha ra and tentatively assigned to Silusa Erichson. A phylogenetic analysi s of the six species was carried out using the program PAUP 3.1.1.