A checklist of New Zealand Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), excluding Lamiinae

Sopow, Stephanie L.; Bain, John

doi:10.1080/00779962.2017.1357423

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“…The huhu beetle, Prionoplus reticularis (Cerambycidae: Prioninae), is the only member of the prionine family recorded in New Zealand (Sopow & Bain, 2017). The larvae feed on dead timber of native and exotic host plants (Edwards, 1959;Sopow & Bain, 2017) and are present across New Zealand. Adults are short-lived, non-feeding, large, and sexually dimorphic with males having longer antennae than females (Edwards, 1961c).…”

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Insects as Food in Aotearoa New Zealand

Birrell

2024

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Edible insects have been proposed as a sustainable future protein source for a growing global population. Overseas, interest has seen investment in start-up companies specialising in producing insects for human consumption. Yet little is known of the edible insect species in Aotearoa New Zealand or whether New Zealanders are willing to consume insects. To address this, I investigated the current landscape of edible insects in Aotearoa. I created a catalogue of species with traditional and contemporary uses, the companies that are producing insect-based products and the social and legislative landscape they exist in. I then explored the social licence for insects as food, using a questionnaire to examine the perceptions and experiences of 620 participants, finding an openness to insects as food, influenced by prior experience, knowledge, and a low food neophobia score. However, this was tempered by sentiment analysis showing insect ingredients were viewed more negatively than other food ingredients suggesting an unconscious bias. The huhu beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, was widely listed by participants as an edible insect in Aotearoa, suggesting a potential candidate for future farming. However, surprisingly little is known about the biology of this well-known beetle. To address this, I used GCMS to explore the metabolomic profile of this species along a latitudinal gradient. I found that a random forest model trained on this data was able to predict the geographic location of a larvae with reasonable accuracy, providing a possible tool to detect the provenance of edible insects in the future. I investigated the beetles' scramble competition mating system, and, using static allometry and flight mills, I found evidence of the interplay of sexual selection and stabilising selection on traits associated with male fitness in this species. I also found evidence of sexual dimorphism in the species, indicating the importance of female chemical cues to male mate searching. Using scanning electron microscopy, I investigated the antennal ultrastructure of male and female P. reticularis, describing unique, sexually dimorphic sensilla in this species. This thesis serves as a starting point for the development of edible insects in Aotearoa.

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Insects as Food in Aotearoa New Zealand

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2024

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Phylogenomics resolves timing and patterns in the evolution of Australasian Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and reveals new insights into the subfamily-level classification and historical biogeography of longhorn beetles

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Ashman

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Sopow

2018

New Zealand Entomologist

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John arrived at the Forest Research Institute in Rotorua in the late 1960s after a brief stint with the Marine Department and settled into the Entomology Section joining Bob Milligan, Rudy Zondag, and Bill Faulds amongst others down under the poplars at the far end of the campus. His primary focus was on quarantine border interceptions, particularly wood boring insects, which was the catalyst for him becoming an expert in the identification of cerambycid larvae and their parasitoids, particularly ichneumonidae, for which he developed a keen interest. John also made major contributions to quarantine risk management and was directly involved with the Forest Service timber inspection team, and later the MAF Quarantine Service. He was heavily involved in the risk management of Asian gypsy moth, making many pilot launch trips at various ports around the country, often in rough seas, to inspect vessels before they were allowed to berth. He also supported colleagues in a wide range of projects (even swimming the Buller River to help Gordon Hosking collect increment cores from a particularly desirable stand of red beech), but it is perhaps the white spotted tussock moth eradication project which is his lasting legacy. His untiring efforts in the field, designing and supervising population monitoring using caged female insects, a seven day a week operation, was critical to the success of the project. This was an achievement unique to the international entomological community but hardly celebrated in his own country.Following on from the successful white spotted tussock moth eradication, John was involved in the painted apple moth and Dutch elm disease eradication campaigns. The latter was not successful, but not through lack of John's efforts. He spent over 15 years advising on the entomological aspects

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A checklist of New Zealand Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), excluding Lamiinae

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Insects as Food in Aotearoa New Zealand

Insects as Food in Aotearoa New Zealand

Phylogenomics resolves timing and patterns in the evolution of Australasian Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and reveals new insights into the subfamily-level classification and historical biogeography of longhorn beetles

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