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Address:
Soil Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Contact:
John Marris, Curator
marris@lincoln.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (3) 325-2811
Fax: +64 (3) 325-3843
Links:
Entomology Research Museum; Soil, Plant & Ecological Sciences Division
Lincoln University
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Description:
180,000 insect and related arthropod specimens. The material held has been mainly collected from within New Zealand and is particularly strong in the fauna of the South Island, the South Island National Parks and the Chatham Islands. There is also a good range of specimens of agricultural and horticultural importance. Particular groups of insects are strongly represented, including various families of Coleoptera, micro Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. The collection includes primary types.
Further Reading:
Arthropod Systematics and Taxonomy
Beetle taxonomy and systematics.
Pawson, S.M., Emberson, R.M., Armstrong, K.F., Paterson, A.M. 2003. Phylogenetic revision of the endemic New Zealand carabid genus Oregus Putzeys 1868 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Invertebrate Systematics (in press).
Klimaszewski, J., Marris, J.W.M., Thorpe, S.E. 2003. The aleocharine rove beetle fauna of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of two new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30: 115-126.
Pawson, S.M., Emberson, R.M., Armstrong, K.F., Paterson, A.M. 2003. Morphological and molecular analysis of the carabid genus Oregus with identification of two new species. Department of Conservation Science Internal Series 94: 11.
Emberson, R.M., Stebnicka, Z.T. 2001. New species and records of Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Thailand and Nepal. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 44: 405-411.
Watt, J.C., Marris, J.W.M., Klimaszewski, J. 2001. A new species of Platisus (Coleoptera: Cucujide) from New Zealand, described from the adult and larvae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31: 327-339.
Hanboonsong, Y. 1994. A comparative phenetic and cladistic analysis of the genus Holcaspis Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae). PhD thesis, Lincoln University.
Emberson, R.M. 1993. The Bembidiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Stewart Island. New Zealand Entomologist 16: 13-17.
Louse phylogeny and taxonomy.
Banks, J.C., Palma, R.L. 2003. Austrogoniodes vanalphenae: a new species of chewing louse (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera: Insecta) from the yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), a new host record for Austrogoniodes demersus and A. bifasciatus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30: 69-75.
Cruickshank, R.H., Johnson, K.P., Smith, V.S., Adams, R.J., Clayton, D.H., Page, R.D.M. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of elongation factor 1 alpha identifies major groups of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19: 202-215. [Erratum 20: 326]
Systematic studies of the New Zealand Hepialidae (Lepidoptera).
Brown, B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Emberson, R.M.; Paterson, A.M. 2000. Phylogeny of New Zealand hepialid moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) inferred from a cladistic analysis of morphological data. Systematic Entomology 25: 1-14.
Brown, B., Emberson, R.M., Paterson, A.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Wiseana (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 1-14.
Brown, B., Emberson, R.M., Paterson, A.M. 2000. Morphological character evolution in hepialid moth (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from New Zealand. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 383-397.
Brown, B., Emberson, R.M., Paterson, A.M. 1999. Mitochondrial COI and II provide useful markers for Wiseana (Lepidoptera: Hepiliadae) species identification. Bulletin of Entomological Research 89: 287-293.
Brown, B., Emberson, R.M., Paterson, A.M. 1999. Phylogeny and biogeography of the 'Oxycanus' lineages of hepialid moths from New Zealand inferred from sequence variation in the mtDNA COI and II gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13: 463-473.
Mite and tick phylogenetics and evolution.
Cruickshank, R.H. 2002. Molecular markers for the phylogenetics of mites and ticks. Systematic and Applied Acarology 7: 3-14.
Cruickshank, R.H., Thomas, R.H. 1999. Evolution of haplodiploidy in dermanyssine mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). Evolution 53: 1796-1803.
Spider systematics.
Vink, C.J., Paterson, A.M. 2003. Congruence of molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of the New Zealand wolf spider genus Anoteropsis (Araneae: Lycosidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in press).
Vink, C.J. 2002. Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Fauna of New Zealand 44. Manaaki Whenua Press.
Vink, C.J., Mitchell, A.D., Paterson, A.M. 2002. A preliminary molecular analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Australasian wolf spider genera (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 30: 227-237.
Vink, C.J. 2001. A revision of the genus Allotrochosina Roewer (Lycosidae: Araneae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 461-466.
Offshore Islands Entomology
The status and distribution of Chatham Islands endangered invertebrates (in association with the Department of Conservation):
Emberson, R.M., Early, J.W., Marris, J.W.M., Syrett, P. 1996. Research into the status and distribution of Chatham Islands endangered invertebrates. Science for Conservation 36. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
Studies of the beetle fauna of the Chatham Islands (in association with the Department of Conservation):
Emberson, R.M. 2002. The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands: additions and corrections. New Zealand Entomologist 25: 69-77.
Emberson, R.M. 1998. The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 21: 25-64
The beetle fauna and insect conservation of the Antipodes Islands.
Marris, J.W.M. 2000. The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30 (2): 169-195
Biodiversity
The dung beetle fauna of Thailand (in cooperation with Khon Kaen University, Thailand).
Hanboonsong, Y., Chunram, S., Pimpasalee, S., Emberson, R.M., Masumoto, K. 1999. The dung beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Northeast Thailand. Elytra 27: 463-469.
Faunistic studies.
Hodge, S., Frampton, C., Marris, J.W.M., Keesing, V.F., Vink, C.J. 2001. The trophic structure of the arthropod assemblage on kawakawa, a New Zealand understorey tree. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 137: 173-178.
Ward, J.B., Macfarlane, R.P., Quinn, P.J., Morris, S.J., Hitchings, T.R., Green, E.H., Early, J.W., Emberson, R.M., Fenwick, G.D., Henderson, I.M., Henderson, R., Johns, P.M., Larivière, M-C., Marris, J.W.M., Matile, L., McLellan, I.H., Patrick, B.H., Smithers, C., Stufkens, M., Vink, C.J., Wilson, H.D. 1999. Insects and other arthropods of Hinewai Reserve, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 13: 97-121.
Moth biodiversity in relation to tussock grasslands land use practices.
White, E.G., 2002. New Zealand tussock grassland moths: a taxonomic and ecological handbook. Manaaki Whenua Press.
Enhancement of natural enemies in agro-ecosystems.
Sivasubramaniam, W.; Klimaszewski, J. 1997. Species composition, abundance, and activity of predatory arthropods in carrot fields, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 24: 205-212
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