''Maoripamborus fairburni'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...

, the only described species in the genus (though there are some reports of an additional undescribed species). The genus is endemic to the northern North Island of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

, and is most closely related to the Australian genus '' Pamborus''.Sota, T.; Takami, Y.; Monteith G.B.; Moore, B.P. 2005: Phylogeny and character evolution of endemic Australian carabid beetles of the genus ''Pamborus'' based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 36(2): 391–404.

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