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]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Waiputrechus cavernicola Townsend, 2010
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Description
editWaiputrechus cavernicola is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Townsend, J.I. 2010: Trechini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Fauna of New Zealand, (62)
External links
edit- An image can be found on p66 of this document.
Data related to Waiputrechus at Wikispecies
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