Bocchus thorpei is a species of wasp belonging to the family Dryinidae. The species was first described by Massimo Olmi in 2007, and is known to occur in New Zealand.
Holotype specimen from the Auckland War Memorial Museum collections
The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence a
Tory Channel, a major arm of Queen Charlotte Sound.
The Sounds visible to the left of the Space Shuttle, image taken from the International Space Station
The Marlborough Sounds as seen from the Wellington-Picton ferry.