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Shireplitis
Shireplitis is a genus of braconid wasps native to New Zealand. Individuals range from 1.8 to 2.4 mm in body length. Five of the six known species occur on South Island, and one on the North Island. The genus name derives from the Shire, fictional home of the hobbits in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and five species are named after hobbits, with one species named after Tolkien himself.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Shireplitis bilboi
speciesShireplitis bilboi
Shireplitis peregrini
speciesShireplitis peregrini
Shireplitis frodoi
speciesShireplitis frodoi
Shireplitis meriadoci
speciesShireplitis meriadoci
Shireplitis tolkieni
speciesShireplitis tolkieni
Shireplitis samwisei
speciesShireplitis samwisei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 451412.