Scientists from the Bio-Protection Research Centre have described and named two new exotic insects present in New Zealand that wasn’t previously known about even in their native countries.
The discovery and description of two new insects suggest that New Zealand may be home to more exotic insects than we know about.
Scientists from the Bio-Protection Research Centre have described and named two new exotic insects present in New Zealand that wasn’t previously known about even in their native countries.
A paper published in the journal PLOS ONE, written by former Bio-Protection Research Centre PhD student Francesco Martoni and BPRC senior research scientist Dr Karen Armstrong, describes two psyllids (also called jumping plant lice): Acizzia errabunda and Ctenarytaina insularis.