Actizeta

Actizeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Pimeliinae
Tribe:	Cnemeplatiini
Genus:	Actizeta ; Pascoe, 1875

Last updated August 12, 2025

Actizeta is a genus of darkling beetle endemic to New Zealand.^[1] It was first described in 1875 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe from specimens collected in Waikato and Great Barrier Island.^[2] They live on sandy beaches. The type species is Actizeta albata .^[3]

Taxonomy

There are two species in this genus:

Actizeta albata Pascoe, 1875
Actizeta fusca Watt, 1992

References

↑ "NZOR Name Details - Actizeta". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
↑ Pascoe, Francis P. (1875). "XXVI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of New-Zealand coleoptera.—Part I". Annals And Magazine of Natural History. 16 (93): 210–223. doi:10.1080/00222937508681155.
↑ Watt, J. Charles (13 July 1992). "Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 26. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.26. ISSN 1179-7193.

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[1] "NZOR Name Details - Actizeta". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.

[2] Pascoe, Francis P. (1875). "XXVI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of New-Zealand coleoptera.—Part I". Annals And Magazine of Natural History. 16 (93): 210–223. doi:10.1080/00222937508681155.

[3] Watt, J. Charles (13 July 1992). "Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 26. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.26. ISSN 1179-7193.

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