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Rotoitidae, a curious new family of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from New Zealand
Author(s) -
BOUČEK ZDENEK,
NOYES JOHN S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00212.x
Subject(s) - biology , affinities , hymenoptera , genus , zoology , type (biology) , evolutionary biology , ecology , biochemistry
. A new chalcidoid family, Rotoitidae fam.n., is described from New Zealand. The probable systematic affinities of Rotoitidae are discussed and the type genus and a single included species, Rotoita basalis gen. et sp.n., are described and illustrated.