Hyphalus wisei
| Hyphalus wisei | |
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| Hyphalus wisei holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Limnichidae |
| Genus: | Hyphalus |
| Species: | H. wisei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyphalus wisei Britton, 1973[1] | |
Hyphalus wisei is a species of intertidal beetle endemic to New Zealand.[2]
Description
[edit]The adult beetle is 1.1 - 1.2 mm long and has a black body with pale coloured setae that give the insect a grey appearance. The larvae of this beetle are 2 mm long and are coloured pale to dark brown. Both the adult beetle and its larvae are very similar in appearance to the species Hyphalus insularis.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species has been found in Rodney County near Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island.[3] This species has also been found on Cuvier Island.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Britton, E. B. (1973). "Hyphalus wisei sp.n., a New Intertidal Beetle from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Limnichidae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 10: 119–122. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906194. Wikidata Q58676948.
- ↑ Cheng, L. "Hyphalus wisei Britton, 1973". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ Hernando, C.; Ribera, I. (2010). "Limnichidae: Description of a new species from New Caledonia, and checklist of the taxa recorded from the Australian/Pacific Region (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Water Beetles of New Caledonia. Part 1: 447. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Hyphalus wisei". Auckland Museum. Auckland Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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