title: Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species.
abstract: The hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia is reviewed and compared with that of Australia and New Zealand, as well as other islands in the south-west Pacific. In conclusion, several different scenarios (e.g., recent dispersal events and radiations) can be used to explain the extant distribution of New Caledonian Hymenoptera. A detailed checklist of 409 species and subspecies of Hymenoptera of New Caledonia is provided, along with estimates of the undescribed fauna, and a summary of the general biology of the families represented in the region.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; Email: john.jennings@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Entomology, Germany; Email: lars.krogmann@smns-bw.de.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krogmann
authors.affiliation: Natural Environments Program, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia; Email: chris.burwell@qm.qld.gov.au.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burwell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D057189:Checklist; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification*; D009510:New Caledonia; D009520:New Zealand