Hyphalus wisei

Hyphalus wisei
Hyphalus wisei holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Hyphalus wisei is a species of intertidal beetle endemic to New Zealand.

Description

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.

Distribution

This species has been found in Rodney County near Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island. This species has also been found on Cuvier Island.

References

  1. 1 2 Britton, Everard Baldwin (1973). "Hyphalus wisei sp.n., a New Intertidal Beetle from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Limnichidae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 10: 119–122. JSTOR 42906194. Wikidata Q58676948.
  2. ↑ Cheng, L. "Hyphalus wisei Britton, 1973". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Hyphalus wisei". Auckland Museum. Auckland Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2015.