New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2004

Volume 31/Number 1/March 2004

Vertebrates

• A new location record for kiore (Rattus exulans) on New Zealand's South Island W. A. Ruscoe p. 1

  Marine invertebrates

• The giant octopus Haliphron atlanticus (Mollusca: Octopoda) in New Zealand waters S. O'Shea p. 7
• Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux(Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters K. S. Bolstad, S. O'Shea p. 15

  Entomology

• Larval morphology of the capitulum weevil, Larinus latus (Herbst) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) O. N. Nikulina, L. Gultekin, S. Guclu p. 23
• History of an invader Scaptomyza flava (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) N. A. Martin p. 27
• Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae): an exotic polyphagous parasitoid in New Zealand J. A. Berry, G. P. Walker p. 33
• Predation by ants on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Philippines X. J. Nelson, R. R. Jackson, S. D. Pollard, G. B. Edwards, A. T. Barrion p. 45

  Invertebrate taxonomy

• Famelobiotus scalicii, n. gen. n. sp., a new eutardigrade from Borneo G. Pilato, M. G. Binda, O. Lisi p. 57
• First record of Helicotylenchus spitsbergensis Loof, 1971 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) in New Zealand with the first description of males N. L. Bell p. 61
• Apterygon okarito, a new species of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Okarito brown kiwi (Aves: Apterygiformes: Apterygidae) R. L. Palma, R. D. Price p. 67

  Parasitology

• New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus) B. L. Fredensborg, A. D. Latham, R. Poulin p. 75

  Conference abstracts

  Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology, A. Vlassoff p. 81
•  Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New ZealandB. Blanchard p. 99
• Proceedings of the Oamaru Penguin Symposium,  2003 A. G. Hocken p. 113

  Volume 31/Number 2/June 2004

  Native vertebrates

• The fate of a population of the endemic frog Leiopelma pakeka (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) translocated to restored habitat on Maud Island, New Zealand B. D. Bell, S. Pledger, P. L. Dewhurst p. 123
• Survival and breeding of yellow-eyed penguins, (Megadyptes antipodes), at two locations on Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, 1991-96 H. Ratz, J. T. Darby, K-A. Edge, C. Thompson p. 133

  Invertebrates

• Spiders (Araneae) and harvestmen (Opiliones) in arable crops and grasses in Canterbury, New Zealand C. J. Vink, D. A. J. Teulon, A. R. G. McLachlan, M. A. W. Stufkens p. 149
• First records of egg masses of Nototodarus gouldi McCoy, 1888 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), with comments on egg-mass susceptibility to damage by fisheries trawl S. O'Shea, K. S. Bolstad, P. A. Ritchie p. 161

  Biology of pest species

• Breeding of house mice and the mast seeding of southern beeches in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand B. M. Fitzgerald, M. G. Efford, B. J. Karl p. 167
• Fallow deer deaths during aerial-1080 poisoning of possums in the Blue Mountains, Otago, New Zealand G. Nugent, I. Yockney p. 185

  Volume 31/Number 3/September 2004

  Biology of pests

• A review of potential techniques for identifying individual stoats (Mustela erminea) visiting control or monitoring stations Christopher Jones, Henrik Moller, William Hamilton p. 193 Age structure, dispersion and diet of a population of stoats (Mustela erminea) in southern Fiordland during the decline phase of the beechmast cycle D. C. Purdey, C. M. King, B. Lawrence p. 205
• Effect of concentration of anal gland scent lures on the capture rate of ferrets (Mustela furo) in winter and spring E. B. Spurr, J. R. Ragg, C. E. O'Connor, W. J. Hamilton, H. Moller, A. D. Woolhouse, C. W. Morse, G. A. Morriss, G. C. Arnold, B. K. Clapperton p. 227

  Biological control

  British-based search for natural enemies of the clover root weevil, Sitona lepidus in Europe Stephen L. Goldson, Mark R. McNeill, Philippa J. Gerard, John R. Proffitt, Craig B. Phillips, Rachel P. Cane, Philip J. Murray p. 233 A simulation model of biological control of social wasps (Vespinae) using mermithid nematodes S. J. Martin p. 241

  Entomology

• Engorgement success of parasitic mites on adult sexes of the colour polymorphic mountain stone weta T. Robb, M. R. Forbes, I. G. Jamieson p. 249
• Moorea zealandica, new genus and species from New Zealand with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Kee-Jeong Ahn p. 255

  Native fauna

• Growth and survival of chicks in relation to nest attendance patterns of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) at Oamaru and Motuara Island, New Zealand Mihoko Numata, Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner p. 263

  Volume 31/Number 4/December 2004

  Pest control

• Enhancing maintenance control of possum populations using long-life baits David R. Morgan p. 271

  Herpetology

• Induction of oviposition produces smaller eggs in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) N. J. Nelson, M. B. Thompson, S. Pledger, S. N. Keall, C. H. Daugherty p. 283

  Invertebrate zoology

• The predatory strategy, natural diet, and life cycle of Cyrba algerina, an araneophagic jumping spider (Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from Azerbaijan E. F. Guseinov, A. M. Cerveira, R. R. Jackson p. 291
• Seasonal activity and habitat associations of Mecodema howitti and Megadromus guerinii, two endemic New Zealand ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) S. J. Anderson, R. M. Emberson, B. Brown p. 304

  Entomology

• A cluster fly, Pollenia pseudorudis Rognes, 1985 (Diptera: Calliphoridae): its history and pest status in New Zealand A. C. G. Heath, J. W. M. Marris, A. C. Harris p. 313

  Invertebrate taxonomy

• Notes on some tardigrades from Thailand, with descriptions of two new species G. Pilato, M. G. Binda , O. Lisi p. 319
• Larval stages of Podaena latipalpis from New Zealand and phylogenetic relationships of the subfamily Orchymontiinae based on larval characters (Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) J. A. Delgado, R. L. Palma p. 327
• New species of Pachycotes Sharp and Xylechinus Chapuis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Tomicini) from New Caledonian Araucaria spp. (Coniferales: Araucariaceae) Roland Mecke p. 343

  Native vertebrates

• Skeletal and dental variation within and between Mystacina species in southern New Zealand T. H. Worthy, P. Scofield p. 351

  Parasitology

• Abstracts of papers and posters presented at the 31st Conference of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology, at the Wellington Racing Club Conference Centre, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, 20-22 October 2003 p. 363

  Book review

• The flight of the huia. By Kerry Jayne Wilson. p. 379

 

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