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Zelostemma

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Zelostemma
Zelostemma chionochloae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Platygastridae
Subfamily: Platygastrinae
Genus: Zelostemma
Masner & Huggert, 1989
Species[1][2]

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Zelostemma is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Platygastridae.[1] The genus was described by in 1989, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

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Zelostemma was first described by Czech entomologist Lubomír Masner and Swedish entomologist Lars Huggert in 1989, with the prefix Zelo- referring to the genus' origin of New Zealand.[3] The genus was originally a monotypic genus, with the sole member being Zelostemma oleariae, originally described as Eurytoma oleariae by William Miles Maskell in 1888 (later known as Metaclisis oleariae).[3]

Peter Neerup Buhl identified a new species in 2008, Z. chionochloae,[4] two new species in 2011 with Z. altipetiolata, and Z. dromedarium,[5] followed by the addition of 30 new species in 2017.[6]

Distribution

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The genus is endemic to New Zealand.[7]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Zelostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Zelostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989". Landcare Research. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Masner, Lubomir; Huggert, Lars (1989). "World Review and Keys to Genera of the Subfamily Inostemmatinae with Reassignment of the Taxa to the Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 121 (S147): 3–216. doi:10.4039/ENTM121147FV. ISSN 0071-075X. Wikidata Q54560283.
  4. ^ Buhl, Peter Neerup; Sarfati, Mchal S.; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Kelly, Dave (2008). "Description, phenology and biology of Zelostemma chionochloae Buhl sp. nov., a platygastrid parasitoid of Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 35 (3): 255–264. doi:10.1080/03014220809510122. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q130321587.
  5. ^ Buhl, P. N. (December 2011). "New species of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from New Zealand". International Journal of Environmental Studies. 68 (6): 791–844. doi:10.1080/00207233.2011.637700. ISSN 0020-7233. Wikidata Q54643004.
  6. ^ Buhl, Peter N. (2017). "New species and a key to species of the New Zealand genus Zelostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989, (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 153 (1): 59–72. ISSN 0013-8908. Wikidata Q129861891.
  7. ^ "Zelostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 19 September 2024.