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Date

December 1, 2016

Description

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland 1072, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.

Habitat: Alectryon excelsus. Beaten from foliage.

Identification: Metaphycus maculipennis (Timberlake, 1916). Female. ID based on Noyes (1988).

REFERENCES
Noyes, J.S. 1988: Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera).
Fauna of New Zealand, (13) Extract and PDF [See p. 90, and 'Figures 222-225'; as Metaphycus timberlakei; description (female, male)]

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