New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1999

Volume 26/Number 1/March 1999

Biological control

Recreational Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) hunters in Canterbury, New Zealand: a profile and management implications T. R. DAVYS , D. M. FORSYTH , G. J. HICKLING
The effect of temperature on the development and survival of Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent for alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) C. A. STEWART , R. B. CHAPMAN, R. M. EMBERSON, P. SYRETT, C. M. A. FRAMPTON

Biology of pests

Social dominance and breeding success in captive brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula S. E. JOLLY, E. B. SPURR, P. E. COWAN
Comparative growth and seasonality of Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) colonies in the Manawatu region of New Zealand D. M. LEATHWICK , P. L. GODFREY , R. A. FORDHAM, M. A. POTTER

Invertebrate taxonomy

Two new Clambus species from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea: Clambidae) S. ENDRöDY-YOUNGA
A new species of Sigaus from Alexandra, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae) COLLEEN D. JAMIESON

Invertebrate zoology

Ingestion of quill-worms by the astropectinid sea-star Proserpinaster neozelanicus (Mortensen) GEOFFREY B. READ, HELEN E. S. CLARK
Life cycle, behaviour and conservation of the large endemic weevil, Hadramphus spinipennis on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand K. SCHÖPS , S. D. WRATTEN, R. M. EMBERSON

Parasitology

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology Inc.

Volume 26/Number 2/June 1999

Control of pests

Factors influencing reproductive strategies of the vespid parasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) R. J. HARRIS, E. A. F. ROSE
The effects of source dosage, flight altitude, wind speed, and ground pattern on the sex pheromone-mediated flight manoeuvres of male lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) S. P. FOSTER, A. J. HOWARD
The phenology and pollen feeding of three hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) species in Canterbury, New Zealand N. A. IRVIN, S. D. WRATTEN, C. M. FRAMPTON, M. H. BOWIE, A. M. EVANS, N. T. MOAR

Ecology of native fauna

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) feeding ecology in the presence of kiore (Rattus exulans) GRAHAM T. USSHER
Habitat-adapted communication in Trite planiceps, a New Zealand jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae) PHILLIP W. TAYLOR , ROBERT R. JACKSON
Effect of changes in water level on numbers of black stilts (Himantopus novaezelandiae) using deltas of Lake Benmore MARK D. SANDERS

Volume 26/Number 3/September 1999

Control of pests

Home range and spatial organisation of stoats (Mustela erminea), ferrets (Mustela furo) and feral house cats (Felis catus) on coastal grasslands, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand: implications for yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) conservation HENRIK MOLLER, NIC ALTERIO
Responses of stoats to scent lures in tracking tunnels B. K. CLAPPERTON, J. A. MCLENNAN, A. D. WOOLHOUSE
Possible pathogens of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and their potential as biological control agents E. A. F. ROSE , R. J. HARRIS , T. R. GLARE
Influence of temperature on adult longevity, oviposition and fertility of Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) C. A. STEWART, R. B. CHAPMAN, A. M. BARRINGTON, C. M. A. FRAMPTON

Invertebrate taxonomy

A revision of Zelandoperla Tillyard (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae: Zelandoperlinae) I. D. MCLELLAN
Identity of Lygus buchanani Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini): a deletion from the New Zealand fauna MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ , A. C. EYLES

Indigenous fauna

Activity patterns and population characteristics of the New Zealand endemic Cromwell chafer, Prodontria lewisii (Scarabaeidae; Melolonthinae) S. M. FERREIRA, N .O. M. RAVENSCROFT B. MCKINLAY
Stable carbon isotope ratios as indicators of marine versus terrestrial inputs to the diets of wild and captive tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) ALISON CREE, GRAEME L. LYON, LINDA CARTLAND-SHAW, CLAUDINE TYRRELL
Proceedings of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand

Volume 26/Number 4/December 1999

Dominant and subordinate behaviour of captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) E. B. SPURR, S. E. JOLLY
Genetic variation and hybridisation of black stilts (Himantopus novaezelandiae) and pied stilts (H. h. leucocephalus), Order Charadriiformes BRENDA GREENE
Forest invertebrates found on baits used in pest mammal control and the impact of sodium monofluoroacetate ("1080") on their numbers at Ohakune, North Island, New Zealand GREG SHERLEY, MICHAEL WAKELIN, JAY MCCARTNEY
New genera and species of the Lygus-Complex (Hemiptera: Miridae) in the New Zealand subregion compared with subgenera (now genera) studied by Leston (1952) and Niastama Reuter A. C. EYLES
Introduced Mirinae of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Miridae) A. C. EYLES
A new ctenostome bryozoan ectosymbiotic with terminal-moult paddle crabs (Portunidae) in New Zealand DENNIS P. GORDON, ROBERT G. WEAR
Molecular diversity of Dunedin peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) S. A. TREWICK
Descriptions of Rotylenchus species from New Zealand, including R. labiodiscus sp. n. (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) W. M. WOUTS, D. STURHAN

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