''Maoripria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ...

in the family

Diapriidae The Diapriidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. These tiny insects have an average length of 2–4 mm and never exceed 8 mm. They typically attack larvae and pupae of a wide range of insects, especially flies. The about 2,300 described ...

. All four species are endemic to

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, and were described in a paper by Australian entomologist Ian D. Naumann in 1988.

Species

Species within the genus ''Maoripria'' include: * '' Maoripria annettae'' * ''

Maoripria earlyi ''Maoripria earlyi'' is a species of parasitoid wasps in the family Diapriidae. It was first described by Australian entomologist Ian D. Naumann in 1988. Description ''Maoripria earlyi'' measure between 1.5mm and 2.9mm in length, with males t ...

'' * '' Maoripria masneri'' * '' Maoripria verticillata''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14539541 Diapriidae Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic insects of New Zealand Hymenoptera of New Zealand Insects described in 1988