| Maoripria | |
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| Maoripria earlyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diapriidae |
| Subfamily: | Ambositrinae |
| Genus: | Maoripria Naumann, 1988 |
Maoripria is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Diapriidae. [1] All four species are endemic to New Zealand, and were described in a paper by Australian entomologist Ian D. Naumann in 1988. [2] [3]
Species within the genus Maoripria include: [1]
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