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Method and conventions

Entries for taxa listed here that are not recorded in Valentine and Walker (1991) are based either upon a publication, in which case the reference is given after the citation in square brackets, or upon specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection collected in New Zealand and identified by various authorities. These records are indicated by “NZAC” after the entry and the initials of the identifier in square brackets e.g. [NZAC-IDG]. Where specimens have been identified, but material is held in other repositories, this information is indicated as a personal communication [pers. comm.].

Researchers thus cited are: ADA, Andrew D. Austin; COA, Celso Azevedo; CvA, Kees van Achterberg; SB, Sergey Belokobylskij; JAB, J. A. Berry; MCC, Mary C. Carver; JGC, John G. Charles; FC, Fabiana Cuezzo; PD, Paul Dessart; JWE, John W. Early; NDMF, N.D.M. Fergusson; IDG, Ian D. Gauld; GAPG, Gary Gibson; EEG, Eric E. Grissell; JL, John LaSalle; IDN, Ian D. Naumann; MO, Massimo Olmi; TO, Till Osten; AP, Andrew Polaszek; GP, Gerhard Prinsloo; SRS, Scott R. Shaw; ST, Stephen Thorpe; CV, Colin Vardy; AKW, Annette K. Walker; RAW, Bob Wharton; CDZ, Chao-Dong Zhu.

Affiliations appear in the acknowledgements section.

The classification follows that of LaSalle and Gauld (1993). References to the species catalogued in Valentine and Walker (1991) are not provided here.

Conventions

Endemic genera are underlined
CB = classical biological control introduction
E = endemic, only known from New Zealand (for species level taxa)
P = imported purposefully for pollination
(?) = record or establishment known to be doubtful, reference given
(t) = taxonomic status known to be doubtful, reference given
K = recorded from Kermadec Islands

Acknowledgements

I am very grateful to the following people for information regarding the taxa specified:

Eric Grissell (USDA) – Megastigmus (Torymidae); Tamas Megyaszai (Hungarian Natural History Museum) – Stylaclista (Diapriidae); John Early (Auckland Museum) – all other Diapriidae; Richard Harris (Landcare Research), Warwick Don (University of Otago), Olwyn Green and John Keall (MAF) – Formicidae; Barry Donovan (Donovan Scientific Insect Research) – Apoidea; Serguei Triapitsyn (University of California, Riverside) and Fabiana Cuezzo (Instituto Superior de Entomología, Argentina) – Mymaridae; John LaSalle (CSIRO Division of Entomology), Gerhard Prinsloo (ARC Plant Protection Research Institute) and Chao-Dong Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) – Eulophidae; James Munro (University of California, Riverside) – Ablerus (Aphelinidae); Celso Azevedo (Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil) – Bethylidae; Massimo Olmi (Department of Plant Protection, University of Tuscia) - Dryinidae; Scott Shaw (University of Wyoming) – Euphorinae; Till Osten (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart) – Scoliidae; C. van Achterberg (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Netherlands) – hormiine, opiine and rogadine braconids; Bob Wharton (Texas A&M) – alysiine and opiine braconids; and Ian Gauld (Natural History Museum, London) – Ichneumonidae.

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