I'm Mark. I'm interested in New Zealand fauna especially beetles. I developed an inordinate fondness for large flightless weevils, especially flax and ngaio weevils after studying the ngaio weevil for the Department of Conservation in 2011. I see wikipedia as a great tool for conservation. If we don't know what is out there, we won't care about it. This is why it is important to increase the quality and quantity of pages on NZ endemic species. In my own small way, I try to raise awareness of some of our less noticed species that I am passionate about.
These are the pages that I have started (or edited):
New Zealand Beetles edit
- Ngaio weevil
- Flax weevil
- Astelia weevil
- Turbott's weevil (edited)
- Amychus granulatus
- Geodorcus alsobius
- Geodorcus auriculatus
- Geodorcus capito
- Geodorcus helmsi
- Geodorcus ithaginis
- Geodorcus montivagus
- Geodorcus novaezealandiae
- Geodorcus philpotti
- Geodorcus servandus
- Geodorcus sororum
- Genus Geodorcus
- Paralissotes reticulatus (edited)
- Genus Hadramphus (edited)
- Genus Lyperobius
- Lyperobius huttoni (edited)
- Genus Rhynchodes
- Hadramphus spinipennis
- Rhynchodes ursus
- Lyperobius hudsoni
- Lyperobius clarkei
- Plocamostethus (edited)
- Genus Horelophus
- Horelophus walkeri
- Mecodema crenicolle
Other edit
- Maud Island (edited)
- Mokohinau Islands (edited)
- Ophiocordyceps robertsii (edited)
- Stephens Island (New Zealand) (edited)
- The Brothers (New Zealand) (edited)
- Spelungula cavernicola (edited)
- The Sisters Islands (edited)
- Dolomedes schauinslandi
- Dolomedes (edited)
- Eldon's galaxias (edited)
- Chatham parakeet (edited - added image)
- Okarito kiwi (edited - added new image)
- Malherbe's Parakeet (edited - added new image)
- Amblyomma sphenodonti
- Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae
- Mōhua (edited - added new image)
- Pelorus Bridge (edited)
- Agrostichthys parkeri (edited - added image)
- Hoherius (edited)