Fernández-Triana J., Ward D.F., Cardinal S., Van Achterberg C. 2013. A review of
Paroplitis (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), and description of a new genus from New Zealand,
Shireplitis, with convergent morphological traits // Zootaxa. 3722(4): 549–568. (Описания: род
Shireplitis – с. 556; виды
Sh. bilboi – с. 560;
Sh. frodoi – с. 561;
Sh. meriadoci – с. 562;
Sh. peregrini – с. 562;
Sh. samwisei – с. 563;
Sh. tolkieni – с. 564.)
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Shireplitis – "The first part of the name “Shire” refers to The Shire, the region exclusively inhabited by Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional universe setting of Middle-earth (the genus is endemic to New Zealand, where a human replicate of The Shire is built). The second part of the name “plitis” refers to the superficial morphological similarities with the genus
Paroplitis" (
op. cit., p. 557);
Sh. bilboi – "Named after Bilbo Baggins, the title character of the famous novel The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien" (
op. cit., p. 561);
Sh. frodoi – "Named after the hobbit Frodo Baggins, one of the primary characters of The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece" (
op. cit., p. 562)
Sh. meriadoci – "Named after Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck, friend and companion of Frodo in the novel The Lord of the Rings" (
op. cit., p. 562);
Sh. peregrini – "Named after Peregrin (Pippin) Took, friend and companion of Frodo in the novel The Lord of the Rings" (
op. cit., p. 562);
Sh. samwisei – "Named after Samwise (Sam) Gamgee, sidekick of Frodo and one of the main characters in the novel The Lord of the Rings" (
op. cit., p. 564);
Sh. tolkieni – "Named after John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, as a humble homage to his extraordinary literary works" (
op. cit., p. 565).