Image of Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe 1832)

Description:

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland Central, 10-12 Symonds Street (University of Auckland City Campus, Human Sciences Building courtyard). Habitat: Parasaissetia nigra. On cultivated cycads. Identification: Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832). Collected as a larva. Adult male emerged 1-2 April 2015. REFERENCES Thorpe, S.E. 2013: Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), new to New Zealand for the second time! Biodiversity data journal, 1: e959. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e959