Stephen E. Thorpe

Stephen Ernest Thorpe (1970–2024), English-born New Zealand entomologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Thorpe, S. 2000. Notes on the establishment in Auckland of the Australian stag beetle Ryssonotus nebulosus (Kirby), a new host plant record for it, and a practical identification key to the genera of New Zealand stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Weta 23: 22–24. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Thorpe, S. 2002. Case 3176. Ptinus tectus Boieldieu, 1856 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(1): 24–26. BHL Reference page.

Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F., Kuschel, G. & Thorpe, S. & Wang, Q. 2003. Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26(1): 15–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105 PDF (Archive) PDF (cerambycoidea)Reference page.
Leschen, R. & Thorpe, S. 2003. Collection report – weevils in Auckland, New Zealand. Curculio. 46: 12–13.
Klimaszewski, J., Marris, J.W.M. & Thorpe, S.E. 2003. The aleocharine rove beetle fauna of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of two new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30(2): 115–126. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518330 Reference page.

Ewers, R.M., Thorpe, S. & Didham, R.K. 2007. Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape. Ecology 88(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2 . JSTOR . Reference page.

Affeld, K. et al. 2009. The invertebrate fauna of epiphyte mats in the canopy of northern rata (Myrtaceae: Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.) on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36(2): 177–202. DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510150

Ruta, R., Thorpe, S. & Yoshitomi, H. 2011. Stenocyphon neozealandicus, a new species from New Zealand of a previously monotypic subfamily from Chile (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Stenocyphoninae). Zootaxa 3113: 65–68. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3113.1.4 Reference page.
Blanchon, D., Pusateri, J., Galbraith, M. & Thorpe, S. 2011. Sampling indigenous ground-living beetles in a stand of non-native tree privet (Ligustrum lucidum) in New Zealand raises new management questions. Ecological Management & Restoration 12(3): 234–236. DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00599.x Reference page.
Campbell, R.E. et al. 2011. Production land use alters edge response functions in remnant forest invertebrate communities. Ecological Applications 21(8): 3147–3161. DOI: 10.1890/10-2390.1
Thorpe, S. & Beggs, J.R. 2011. A significant northern range extension for the rarely collected New Zealand longhorn beetle Drototelus politus Broun (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Weta 41: 45–48. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Todd, J.H., Malone, L.A., McArdle, B.H., Benge, J., Poulton, J., Thorpe, S. & Beggs, J.R. 2011. Invertebrate community richness in New Zealand kiwifruit orchards under organic or integrated pest management. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 141(1-2): 32–38. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.007 Reference page.

Thorpe, S.E. 2013. Casuarinicola australis Taylor, 2010 (Hemiptera: Triozidae), newly recorded from New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e953. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e953 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2013. A record of Anzygina billi Fletcher & Larivière, 2009 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e954. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e954 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2013. Cheiloneurus flaccus (Walker, 1847) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), new to New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e958. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e958 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2013. Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), new to New Zealand for the second time! Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e959. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e959 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2013. Emesopsis infenestra Tatarnic, Wall & Cassis, 2011 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), genus and species new to New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e1004. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e1004 Reference page.
Vink, C.J. & Thorpe, S. 2013. A new record of the Australian wolf spider Artoriopsis expolita (L. Koch, 1877) (Araneae: Lycosidae) in New Zealand. Weta 45: 38–41. PDF Reference page.

Bassett, I.E. et al. 2014. Are nesting seabirds important determinants of invertebrate community composition on subantarctic Adams Island? Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1454-5
Thorpe, S.E. 2014. Evidence for the continued presence in New Zealand of Homotrysis macleayi (Borchmann, 1909) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1054. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1054 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2014. Notes on the biology, distribution, biosecurity status and history in New Zealand of Macrotrachelia nigronitens (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1077. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1077 Reference page.
Thorpe, S.E. 2014. Additional records for Stenosagola newtoni Park & Carlton, 2013 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), with notes on aedeagal morphology. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4135. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4135 Reference page.

Thorpe, S. 2015. Scutellista caerulea (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) makes another reappearance in New Zealand. Weta 49: 45–46. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.
Thorpe, S. 2015(2016?) Note on the likely misidentification of host plant for Bipuncticoris triplex Eyles & Carvalho, 1995 (Heteroptera: Miridae). Weta 50: 27–29. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Thorpe, S. 2017. Confirmation of establishment in New Zealand of Emesopsis infenestra Tatarnic, Wall & Cassis, 2011 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Weta 51: 68–70. Full article (PDF). Reference page.