| Waiputrechus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Nationally Critical (NZ TCS) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Waiputrechus cavernicola Townsend, 2010 | |
Waiputrechus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing a single species endemic to New Zealand. 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. It has been classified as "nationally critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
Description
Waiputrechus cavernicola is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Townsend, J.I. 2010: Trechini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Fauna of New Zealand, (62)
External links
- An image can be found on p66 of this document.
Data related to Waiputrechus at Wikispecies
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