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Genus: | Plocamostethus Britton, 1940 |
Plocamostethus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] The genus contains the following species: [2]
Herbert Edward Andrewes was a stockbroker and an English entomologist who specialised in the order Coleoptera.
Bountya insularis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Bountya. Both the genus and species was first described by J. I. Townsend in 1971 from specimens collected by E. G. Turbott on Bounty Island on 11 November 1950. The holotype specimen is in the entomology collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Diglymma is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Diglymma, found in New Zealand.
Oregus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae that is endemic to New Zealand. A 2003 taxonomic revision of the group using both morphological and DNA characters concluded that it contained four species, and identified new species from Marlborough and North Canterbury. The current species list is:
Maoripamborus fairburni is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only described species in the genus. The genus is endemic to the northern North Island of New Zealand, and is most closely related to the Australian genus Pamborus.
Gaioxenus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. Gaioxenus pilipalpis is the only species in the genus. This genus and species was first described by Thomas Broun in 1910. Broun based the descriptions on specimens he collected in Raurimu in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Gaioxenus pilipalpis is endemic to New Zealand.
Triplosarus novaezelandiae is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Triplosarus. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Tuiharpalus is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae, endemic to New Zealand, where it occurs only in Northland and on the Three Kings Islands.
Actenonyx is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. At present only species in this genus is Actenonyx bembidioides. However, it has been suggested that a taxonomic revision of this genus is needed as there are two species that await description. This genus and species was first described by Adam White and is endemic to New Zealand.
Physolaesthus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Amarotypus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Amarotypus edwardsii, found in New Zealand.
Calathosoma is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Calathosoma rubromarginatum. It is found in New Zealand.
Holcaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Tangarona is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. Tangarona pensa, found in New Zealand, is the only species of this genus.
Kaveinga is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae.
Pelodiaetus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Pelodiaetus, found in New Zealand.
Kiwitachys is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Kiwitachys, found in New Zealand.
Mecodema crenicolle is an endemic species of ground beetle from New Zealand.
Zolini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are 11 genera and more than 60 described species in Zolini. All but one of the genera are found in Australia and New Zealand. The genus Merizodus occurs in South America.