Southern-hemisphere

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Agathis
kauri, dammar
Agathis is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees comprising approximately 22 species, commonly known as kauri or dammar. The genus belongs to the ancient family Araucariaceae, which was widespread during the Jurassic period but is now largely restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. Agathis species are characterized by large trunks with minimal lower branching, broad leathery leaves, and commercially valuable timber and resins. The genus is most diverse in Malesia and Australasia, with some species reaching substantial sizes and great age.
conifer gymnosperm Araucariaceae kauri dammar timber-tree resin Māori-use New-Zealand New-Caledonia Malesia Southern-Hemisphere Jurassic-relict
Anostostomatidae
wētā, king crickets
Anostostomatidae is a family of large, nocturnal orthopterans in the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea, distributed across the southern hemisphere in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Americas. Members are commonly known as king crickets in Australia and South Africa, and wētā in New Zealand. The family exhibits considerable size variation, with some species exceeding 8 cm in length. Many species are flightless, though winged forms occur in some Australian and Asian genera. The family is notable for diverse feeding strategies including herbivory, scavenging, predation, and specialized fungal feeding.
orthoptera ensifera stenopelmatoidea nocturnal southern-hemisphere weta king-crickets vibrational-communication flightless conservation gondwana herbivore predator scavenger sexual-dimorphism extended-life-cycle New-Zealand Australia South-Africa
Azelinini
Azelinini is a tribe of geometer moths (Geometridae: Ennominae) characterized by stocky bodies, distinctive wing patterning with contrasting outer and middle forewing thirds, and several unique morphological traits in both adults and immature stages. The tribe was established by Forbes in 1948 and shows strongest diversity in the Southern Hemisphere, particularly South America, with some representation in North America. Members exhibit complex male genital modifications and several reductions or losses of structures typical in related ennomine tribes.
Geometridae Ennominae geometer-moths South-America Southern-Hemisphere Forbes-1948
Camisiidae
Camisiidae is a family of oribatid mites in the order Oribatida, containing at least 3 genera and approximately 70 described species. The family includes genera such as Camisia, Austronothrus, Heminothrus, and Platynothrus. Species within this family have been documented from temperate rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest habitats, particularly in southern Australia. Some taxonomic authorities treat Camisiidae as a synonym of Crotoniidae.
oribatid-mites soil-fauna temperate-forests southern-hemisphere Australia chaetotaxy ontogeny
Centropagidae
Centropagidae is a family of calanoid copepods comprising 14 genera and over 130 species. Members occupy diverse aquatic habitats including marine coastal waters, freshwater lakes, and saline lakes across the Southern Hemisphere, with notable concentrations in Australia, southern South America, subantarctic islands, and Antarctica. The family exhibits significant habitat diversity: marine genera include Centropages, Dussartopages, and Gladioferens; freshwater genera include Boeckella, Calamoecia, and Hemiboeckella. The genus Boeckella poppei represents the only terrestrial/freshwater invertebrate reported from all three main Antarctic biogeographic regions (subantarctic islands, maritime Antarctic, and continental Antarctic).
copepod zooplankton Southern-Hemisphere Antarctica freshwater marine saline-lakes calanoid
Ecnomidae
Tubecase Netspinning Caddisflies
Ecnomidae is a family of caddisflies (Trichoptera) comprising approximately 375–400 described species across 9 genera. The family exhibits a characteristic Gondwanan distribution pattern, with all genera restricted to the Southern Hemisphere except Ecnomus, which is also widespread in the Palearctic and Oriental regions. Larvae are aquatic and construct fixed silk retreats on submerged surfaces. The family's taxonomy has been historically unstable, having been classified as a subfamily of both Hydropsychidae and Psychomiidae before recognition as a monophyletic family closely related to Polycentropodidae.
caddisfly Trichoptera freshwater predator Gondwanan-distribution silk-retreat Southern-Hemisphere New-Caledonia Australia endemic-radiation
Labeninae
Labeninae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps within Ichneumonidae, comprising 12 extant genera organized into four tribes: Labenini, Groteini, Poecilocryptini, and Xenothyrini. The group has a predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution, with phylogenomic and biogeographic analyses supporting a Gondwanan origin approximately 146 million years ago. Members exhibit diverse host associations: Labenini parasitize wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae), Groteini specialize on solitary bees, and Poecilocryptini may include phytophagous species based on larval morphology. The subfamily represents an ancient lineage with complex biogeographic history involving vicariance and range expansion events.
parasitoid Gondwanan-distribution wood-borer-parasitoid bee-parasitoid Ichneumonidae Southern-Hemisphere vicariance-biogeography solitary-bee-parasite forest-habitat
Leptotarsus
Leptotarsus is a genus of true crane flies (Tipulidae) established by Guerin-Meneville in 1831. The genus is taxonomically complex, containing numerous subgenera (including Aldrovandia, Araucomyia, Aurotipula, Chlorotipula, Habromastix, Leptotipula, Longurio, Macromastix, Maoritipula, Pehlkea, Phymatopsis, Tanypremna, and others) that reflect morphological diversity across multiple biogeographic regions. Species are distributed across the Southern Hemisphere, with significant representation in Australia, New Zealand, South America, and various Pacific and Atlantic islands. The genus is characterized by elongated body proportions typical of crane flies, with substantial variation in size, coloration, and leg morphology among constituent species.
crane-fly Tipulidae Southern-Hemisphere Australia New-Zealand South-America Pacific-islands subgenera Diptera Nematocera
Meinertellidae
rock bristletails
Meinertellidae is a family of basal insects in the order Archaeognatha, commonly known as rock bristletails. The family comprises more than 170 species across 19 genera, grouped into five distinct genus groups. Members are distinguished from the related family Machilidae by specific morphological traits including the absence of scales at the base of appendages and the presence of small abdominal sternites protruding between coxal plates. While most Archaeognatha are rock-dwelling, some Meinertellidae species in the Amazon have adapted to arboreal and leaf litter habitats.
basal-insects archaeognatha bristletails petrophilous southern-hemisphere rock-dwelling amazonian-canopy-adaptation submerged-egg-tolerance
Microterys
Microterys is a large genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Encyrtidae (Chalcidoidea), with its center of distribution in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Species are important natural enemies of various scale insects (Coccoidea), including soft scales (Coccidae), wax scales (Ceroplastes), and mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). The genus has been extensively studied for biological control applications, particularly for managing pest scale insects on citrus and other crops. Several species have been introduced to new regions as biocontrol agents, including Microterys flavus in California.
parasitoid biological-control scale-insect Coccoidea Encyrtidae Chalcidoidea Hymenoptera ovipositor integrated-pest-management citrus-pest soft-scale mealybug hyperparasitoid host-specificity biotype classical-biological-control synchrotron-microtomography oviposition-behavior natural-enemy agricultural-entomology taxonomy Girault Australia China California Syria India Czech-Republic Europe Asia North-America Southern-Hemisphere Ceroplastes Coccus Phenacoccus Kermes Parthenolecanium Metaceronema Chaetococcus Kerria Laccifer Gascardia Sphaerolecanium Cerococcus Chloropulvinaria pest-management host-selection host-penetration envenomation egg-deposition host-feeding valvifer valvula musculoskeletal-system 3D-morphology SEM SR-µCT invasive-species biocontrol-introduction hyperparasitism efficiency-reduction natural-enemy-conservation citrus Camellia Magnolia fruit-crops ornamental-plants forestry lac-insect wax-scale plum-scale cottony-maple-scale European-fruit-lecanium brown-soft-scale 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key-trait adaptive-evolution reproductive-success mechanical-aspects functional-aspects fully-understood enormously-diverse specialized parasitising plant-pests ecological-role economic-role improve-understanding mechanics mode-of-function detailed analysis identified consisting recently-discovered described elucidated penetration assessment internal-organs developed underlying observed contributing highly-diverse-group chalcidoid-wasps Frontiers-in-Zoology Acta-Musei-Silesiae Arab-Journal-for-Plant-Protection Australian-Journal-of-Entomology Insect-Science Oriental-Insects Journal-of-Natural-History Phytoparasitica Annals-of-the-Entomological-Society-of-America Environmental-Entomology GBIF Catalogue-of-Life NCBI-Taxonomy iNaturalist Wikipedia DOI 10.1186/s12983-025-00575-1 10.2478/cszma-2021-0007 10.22268/AJPP-41.3.292305 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02058.x 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2000.tb00345.x 10.1080/00305316.2011.646827 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01670.x 10.1080/00222933.2020.1786608 10.1007/s12600-019-00727-0 10.1007/s12600-018-0691-5 10.1093/aesa/54.2.222 10.1093/ee/7.6.874 2025 2021 2023 1975 2000 2011 1973 2020 2019 2018 1950s 1960s 1876 1999 2016 2017 April June February North-Moravia NE-Czech-Republic Moravskoslezské-Beskydy-Mts Morávka Turkmenistan Central-Asia Lattakia-Province Al-Sanobar Dabba Syrian-coast Damascus-University Biological-Control-Studies-and-Research-Center BCSRC Faculty-of-Agriculture Queensland-Museum Zhejiang Fujian Yunnan Guangdong Northeast-China Western-Australia Jilin first-record new-to-science first-time added-to-fauna reviewed notes illustrations habitus redescriptions close-relationship discussed key-provided females males transferred extent validity evaluated correction behavior response honeydew taxonomy-match higher-rank accepted canonical-name rank status match-type classification Eukaryota Hexapoda Apocrita Terebrantes Encyrtinae observations-count none evidence paper-summary confidence-notes inferred explicitly-stated 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new-species-from parasitoid-of new-biological-race introduced-into control-of response-to and-its-honeydew NCBI Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Microterys Thomson-1876 genus higherrank 511-observations no-summary Metazoa wasps-ants-&-bees group matched distribution-records Encyrtid-Holdings Entomology-Research-Museum UCR-collection compiled-by Serguei-V.-Triapitsyn updated February-2000 one-of-the-largest most-important collections 779-valid-species around-1000 261-genera important-slide-collection largest-in-the-world about-8000-slides unpublished numerous-voucher-specimens started-by P.H.-Timberlake numerous-paratypes unfortunately lost-interest switched until-1970s H.-Compere notable-contributions P.-Timberlake J.-Maple P.-DeBach C.-Clausen 1970s-1980s G.-Gordh J.-LaSalle J.-Woolley J.-Pinto J.-Beardsley Mexico US other-countries presently growing-rapidly J.-Heraty majority V.-Trjapitzin J.-Noyes complete-re-organization S.-Triapitsyn current-curator species on-points on-slides 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Nemopalpus
Nemopalpus is a genus of moth flies in the family Psychodidae, subfamily Bruchomyiinae. The genus was established by Macquart in 1838, with the original spelling 'Nemapalpus' corrected to 'Nemopalpus' in 1839. Recent taxonomic revisions in 2018 transferred several previously included species to the genera Alexanderia, Boreofairchildia, Laurenceomyia, and Notofairchildia. The genus currently contains ten recognized species distributed primarily in the Southern Hemisphere.
Diptera Psychodidae Bruchomyiinae moth-flies Southern-Hemisphere
Ocydromiinae
Ocydromiinae is a subfamily of dance flies within the family Hybotidae (Diptera: Empidoidea). The subfamily comprises two recognized tribes: Ocydromiini and Bicellariini. It includes approximately 13 genera with distributions spanning the Neotropical, Australasian, and New Zealand regions. Several genera are endemic to restricted geographic areas, including Pseudoscelolabes and Austropeza in New Zealand, and Leptodromia in Australia. Taxonomic revisions have been published for multiple genera, indicating ongoing systematic research but limited ecological study.
hybotidae dance-flies empidoidea southern-hemisphere endemic-genera taxonomic-revision
Pison
Pison is a cosmopolitan genus of spider wasps in the family Crabronidae, comprising approximately 145 described species with many more undescribed, particularly in South America. Adult females hunt and paralyze living spiders to provision nest cells, on which they lay eggs. The genus exhibits diverse nesting strategies, including mud construction, use of natural cavities, and excavation of burrows. Pison wasps are most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, with about one-third of species occurring in Australia.
Hymenoptera Crabronidae spider-wasp predatory-wasp cosmopolitan Southern-Hemisphere Australia mud-nest spider-hunter
Poecilolycia
Poecilolycia is a genus of small flies in the family Lauxaniidae, established by Shewell in 1986. The genus is primarily distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, with records from the Afrotropical and Australasian regions. As a member of Lauxaniidae, species in this genus likely inhabit forested environments where their larvae develop in decaying plant matter.
Diptera Lauxaniidae Southern-Hemisphere Afrotropical Australasian 1986-description
Siphonotidae
Siphonotidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyzoniida, established by Cook in 1895. The family comprises more than 70 species across 13 genera. These millipedes are distinguished by a narrow telson and active, quick movement. Members are distributed across the Southern Hemisphere in South America, South Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
millipede Colobognatha Southern-Hemisphere active-movement narrow-telson