''Chorebus thorpei'' is a species of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family

Braconidae The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis ...

. The species was first described by Jocelyn A. Berry in 2007, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The species was identified by Jocelyn A. Berry in 2007, based on a holotype collected by Stephen E. Thorpe from Little Windy Hill on

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in the

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, New Zealand in February 2002. The first known specimen of this species was collected in 1982, but was only recognised as a member of this species in 2007. Berry named the species after Thorpe.

Description

Females of the species have a forewing length of , while males range between . The species has dark-brown antennae with an orange-brown head. The species can be distinguished from other members of '' Chorebus'' due to the presence of two submarginal cells, a fourth tooth on the species' mandible, an unsculptured and linear sternaulus, long antennae, and a predominantly uniform orange-brown colour.

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, found on

and the

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as far south as the

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. Adults tend to be collected from between December and February, and the host species of ''C. thorpei'' is unknown.

References

{{Authority control Insects described in 2007 Euphorinae Endemic insects of New Zealand Hymenoptera of New Zealand