Abstract
AbstractThree new species of the New Zealand endemic braconid genus Neptihormius van Achterberg & Berry (Mesostoinae) are described. One of these species was reared from dipteran hosts on Coprosma (Rubiaceae): N. dipterophagus Quicke, Ward & van Achterberg sp. nov. from an agromyzid and unidentified gall‐forming cecidomyiid hosts. Neptihormius whakapapa Quicke & Ward sp. nov. was reared from a gall, thought to have been caused by a curculionid beetle. The third new species, N. herbaspicatum Quicke & Ward sp. nov., was reared from the New Zealand endemic moth Glyphipterix iocheaera Meyrick, 1880. A key to the species of Neptihormius is provided. Host records show Neptihormius attack galls and concealed leaf‐miner hosts indicating evolutionary plasticity in host utilisation.
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