Parabetyla tika
| Parabetyla tika | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diapriidae |
| Genus: | Parabetyla |
| Species: | P. tika
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| Binomial name | |
| Parabetyla tika Naumann, 1988
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Parabetyla tika is a species of diapriid wasp, and was first described in 1988 by the Australian entomologist, Ian D. Naumann.[1][2] The species epithet, tika is a Māori word meaning "correct/perfect".[2] The specimens described were both male and female and were collected on both the North and South Islands from 'litter, moss, and low vegetation in and at (the) margins of Dracophyllum, Nothofagus, podocarp /broad-leaf, and punga / broadleaf forests, Fuchsia/Weinmannia bush, and from coastal forest at altitudes between 20 m and 1180 m'.[2]
This wasp is endemic to New Zealand,[3] and like all Diapriidae is parasitic.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "IRMNG - Parabetyla tika Naumann, 1988". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Ian D. Naumann (30 December 1988). "Ambositrinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)". Fauna of New Zealand. 15. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 46–47. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.15. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 436970413. Wikidata Q45081568.
- ^ a b "NZOR: Details - Parabetyla tika Naumann, 1988". NZOR. Retrieved 3 June 2025.