''Waiputrechus'' is a genus of
beetles in the family
Carabidae, containing a single species endemic to New Zealand.
[Townsend, J.I. 2010]
Trechini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae).
''Fauna of New Zealand'', (62) ''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 Waipu may refer to:
New Zealand
*Waipu Lagoons, near New Plymouth
*Waipu, New Zealand, town in Northland
*Waipu River, river in Northland
Taiwan
*Waipu District, Taichung
*Waipu Fishing Port
The Waipu Fishing Port () is a fishing port in Houl ...
.
It has been classified as "nationally critical" under the
New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
.
[Leschen, R.A.B. ''et al''. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. ''New Zealand entomologist'', 35(2): 91-98. ]
Description
''Waiputrechus cavernicola'' is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.
References
External links
* An image can be found on p66 of thi
document.*
Trechinae
Monotypic Carabidae genera
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