Maoripamborus

Maoripamborus fairburni is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only described species in the genus (though there are some reports of an additional undescribed species).[1][2] The genus is endemic to the northern North Island of New Zealand, and is most closely related to the Australian genus Pamborus.[3][4]

Maoripamborus
Illustration by Des Helmore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Maoripamborus
Brookes, 1944
Species:
M. fairburni
Binomial name
Maoripamborus fairburni
Brookes, 1944

References

  1. "Maoripamborus Brookes, 1944". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
  3. Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISBN 0-478-09342-X extract and pdf
  4. 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.015

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