Waiputrechus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing a single species endemic to New Zealand.[2] Waiputrechus cavernicola is known only from a single specimen collected in 1999 by Maree Hunt from a rocky wall inside a cave, Mert's Muddle, near Waipu.[2] It has been classified as "nationally critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

Waiputrechus

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Genus: Waiputrechus
Townsend, 2010
Species:
W. cavernicola
Binomial name
Waiputrechus cavernicola
Townsend, 2010

Description

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Waiputrechus cavernicola is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Leschen, R.A.B. et al. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. New Zealand entomologist, 35(2): 91-98. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686311
  2. ^ a b c Townsend, J.I. 2010: Trechini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Fauna of New Zealand, (62)
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