John W. Early

John W. Early

John W. Early entomologist and hymenopterist specialising in the taxonomy of New Zealand Diaprioidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea.

Address: Curator of Entomology, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Private Bag 92018, Auckland, New Zealand

E-mail: jearlyaucklandmuseum.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 4 taxon names authored by John W. Early

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 7 eponyms of John W. Early

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1974

• Early, J.W. 1974. A study of the hymenopteran parasitoids of kelp flies (Diptera: Coelopidae) from Kaikoura, New Zealand. Unpublished B.Sc.(Hons) project, University of Canterbury, Christchurch: 23 pp

1976

• Early, J.W. 1976. Biosystematics of some cool-temperature and subantarctic New Zealand Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae). Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch: part 1:53 pp; part 2:Vii+114 pp

1978

• Early, J.W. 1978. New Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from the South Island and subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8: 207–228. BUGZ
• Early, J.W. & Horning, D.S. 1978. Two new wasp parasites (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) of New Zealand Sciomyzidae (Diptera). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8: 231–237.

1980

• Early, J.W. 1980. The Diapriidae (Hymenoptera) of the Southern Islands of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 10: 153–171. Google books BUGZ

1990

• Early, J.W. & Naumann, I.D. 1990. Rostropria, a new genus of opisthognathous diapriine wasp from Australia, and notes on the genus Neurogalesus (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Diapriidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 523–550. DOI: 10.1071/IT9890523
• Poinar, G.O., jr. & Early, J.W. 1990. Aranimermis giganteus n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda), a parasite of New Zealand mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Arachnida). Revue de Nématologie 13(4): 403–410.

1991

• Early, J. 1991. Miomatis caffra in the South Island. Weta 14(1): 33. PDF

1993

• Early, J.W. & Gilbert, R.F. 1993. Primary types of terrestrial and freshwater Protista, Annelida and Arthropoda in the Auckland Institute and Museum: an annotated list. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30: 49–86.
• Early, J.W. & Townsend, J.I. 1993. Further New Zealand records of Sceliphron (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). New Zealand Entomologist 16: 52–54. PDF

1994

• Early, J.W. & Dugdale, J.S. 1994. Fustiserphus (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) parasitises Lepidoptera in leaf litter in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 249–252. [1]

1996

• Gardner, R.O. & Early, J.W. 1996. The naturalisation of banyan figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34(1): 103–110. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1996.10412697 . Reference page. 

2001

• Early, J.W., Masner, L., Naumann, I.D. & Austin, A.D. 2001: Maamingidae, a new family of proctotrupoid wasp (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from New Zealand. Invertebrate taxonomy 15(3): 341–352. DOI: 10.1071/IT00053 Reference page. 

2004

• Leschen, R. & Early, J. 2004. New collection of Brounia thoracica (Coleoptera: Chelonariidae). Weta 27: 15–21. PDF

2007

• Early, J.W., Masner, L. & Johnson, N.F. 2007: Revision of Archaeoteleia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae). Zootaxa 1655: 1–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

2012

• Ward, D.F., Early, J.W., Schnitzler, R.-F., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 116–119. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686315 . Reference page.  

2014

• Early, J.W. 2015(2014): Establishment of two Neurogalesus Kieffer, 1907 species (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae: Diapriinae) in New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Museum 49: 15–20. Full volume (PDF) Reference page.