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Genus of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 cavernicola is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.[2]
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