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Subantarctic beetle database

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This checklist functions as a database of the approximately 137 taxa known to occur in New Zealand's subantarctic islands. Also included are information on distribution and relevant notes. Entries were initially compiled by Mark Bullians and Rich Leschen, based on published information and unpublished lists (including a staphylinid list compiled by Peter Hammond), and reviewed and updated by Stephen Thorpe, Willy Kuschel, John Marris, Al Newton, and Margaret Thayer. All known localities are listed and where locality is listed as New Zealand, this refers to localities on the New Zealand mainland and not on the subantarctic islands. The database will be continually updated to include complete references, new records and species, images, fungal and plant host information, and phylogenetic data. 

Click on to species to see illustrations (Redrawn from Gressitt et. al. 1964)

Your comments and information are welcome.

Family

Subfamily

Tribe

Genus

Species

Subspecies

Authority

Date

Distribution

Notes

Carabidae

Migadopinae

Migadopini

Calathosoma

rubromarginatum

 

(Blanchard)

1843

Auckland Is

 

Carabidae

Migadopinae

Migadopini

Loxomerus

n. sp.

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Carabidae

Migadopinae

Migadopini

Loxomerus

brevis

 

(Blanchard)

1843

Auckland Is

 

Carabidae

Migadopinae

Migadopini

Loxomerus

huttoni

 

(Broun)

1902

Auckland Is

 

Carabidae

Migadopinae

Migadopini

Loxomerus

nebrioides

 

(Guérin-Méneville)

1841

Auckland Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Broscini

Bountya

insularis

 

Townsend

1971

Bounty Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Broscini

Diglymma

castigatum

 

Broun

1909

Snares Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Broscini

Mecodema

alternans

hudsoni

Broun

1909

Snares Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Trechini

Kenodactylus

audouini

 

(Guérin-Méneville)

1830

Antipodes, Campbell, Auckland Falkland Is, Patagonia, Snares, New Zealand

Carabidae

Trechinae

Zolini

Oopterus

clivinoides

 

Guérin-Méneville

1841

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Zolini

Oopterus

marrineri

 

Broun

1909

Campbell Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Zolini

Oopterus

plicaticollis

 

Blanchard

1843

Auckland Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Zolini

Oopterus

strenuus

 

Johns

1974

Snares Is

 

Carabidae

Trechinae

Zolini

Synteratus

ovalis

 

Broun

1909

Snares Is

Carabidae

Harpalinae

Platynini

Laemostenus

complanatus

 

(DeJean)

1808

Campbell Is

 

Hydrophilidae

Sphaeridiinae

 

Cyloma

flemingi

 

(Ordish)

1974

Snares Is

 

Hydrophilidae

Sphaeridiinae

 

Cyloma

pictus

 

(Kirsch)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Hydrophilidae

Sphaeridiinae

 

Tormissus

guanicola

 

(Broun)

1904

Antipodes, Bounty Is

 

Hydraenidae

Ochthebiinae

 

Meropathus

aucklandicus

 

Ordish

1971

Auckland Is

 

Hydraenidae

Ochthebiinae

 

Meropathus

campbellensis

 

Brookes

1951

Antipodes, Campbell Is

 

Hydraenidae

Ochthebiinae

 

Meropathus

johnsi

 

Ordish

1971

Snares Is

 

Ptiliidae

Acrotrichinae

 

Acrotrichis

insularis

 

Māklin

1852

Campbell Is, Widespread

 

Ptiliidae

Ptiliinae

 

Ptinella

atrata

 

Johnson

1975

Antipodes, Auckland Is

 

Ptiliidae

Ptiliinae

 

Ptinella

snarensis

 

Johnson

1975

Auckland , Snares Is

 

Ptiliidae

Ptiliinae

 

Ptiliodes

posticalis

 

(Broun)

1893

Auckland Is, New Zealand (South Island)

 

Leiodidae

Cholevinae

Anemadini

Paracatops

antipoda

 

(Kirsch)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Leiodidae

Cholevinae

Anemadini

Paracatops

campbellicus

 

(Brookes)

1951

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Allodrepa

decipiens

 

Steel

1964

Antipodes, Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Allodrepa

subcylindrica

 

(Kiesenwetter)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Crymus

kronei

 

(Kiesenwetter)

1877

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell Is, New Zealand (South Island)

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Crymus

sp. 1

 

 

 

Macqarie Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Homalium

sp.

 

 

 

Macqarie Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Nesomalium

campellensis

 

Steel

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Nesomalium

imitator

 

Steel

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Nesomalium

insulare

 

(Kiesenwetter)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Nesomalium

pacificum

 

(Kiesenwetter)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Omaliomimus

albipennis

 

(Kiesenwetter)

1877

Auckland, Campbell, Macquarie Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Omaliomimus

venator

 

(Broun)

1909

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell, Macquarie, Snares Is, New Zealand

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

Selonomus

linearis

 

Steel

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

"Stenomalium"

helmsi

 

Cameron

1945

Falkland, Macquarie, New Zealand, Australia, Chile/Argentina

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

"Stenomalium"

sulcithorax

 

(Broun)

1880

New Zealand, Macquarie

 

Staphylinidae

Omaliinae

Omaliini

"Stenomalium"

n. sp.

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Staphylinidae

Pselaphinae

Pselaphini

Pselaphotheseus

hippolytae

 

Park

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Pselaphinae

Pselaphini

Pselaphotheseus

ihupuku

 

Carlton & Leschen

2001

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Athetini

Atheta

undet. sp.

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Athetini

Atheta

amicula

 

(Stephens)

1832

Cosmopolitan

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Athetini

Atheta

politula

 

Fauvel

1878

Campbell Is, New Zealand

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Gymnusini

Stylogymnusa

subantarctica

 

Hammond

1975

Auckland Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Homalotini

Leptusa

antarctica

 

Kiesenwetter

1877

Auckland, Campbell, Macquarie Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Homalotini

Leptusa

nesiotes

 

Steel

1964

Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Homalotini

Leptusa

sparsepunctata

 

Steel

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Homalotini

Leptusa

n. sp. 1

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Homalotini

Leptusa

n. sp. 2

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Liparocephalini

Baeostethus

chiltoni

 

Broun

1909

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Aleocharinae

Oxypodini

Colle

campbellensis

 

Steel

1964

Campbell Is

 

Staphylinidae

Staphylininae

Oxypodini

Quediocafius

insolitus

 

Sharp

1886

Antipodes Is, New Zealand (Nth & Sth Islands)

 

Scarabaeidae

Melolonthinae

 

Prodontria

longitarsus

 

(Broun)

1909

Snares Is

 

Scirtidae

 

 

Cyphon

sp. 1

 

 

 

Auckland Is

 

Byrrhidae

Byrrhinae

 

Epichorius

aucklandiae

 

Kirsch

1877

Auckland Is

 

Byrrhidae

Byrrhinae

 

Epichorius

longulus

 

(Broun)

1909

Auckland Is

 

Byrrhidae

Byrrhinae

 

Epichorius

sorensoni

 

(Brookes)

1951

Campbell, Macquarie Is

 

Byrrhidae

Byrrhinae

 

Epichorius

tumidellus

 

(Broun)

1909

Snares Is

 

Byrrhidae

Byrrhinae

 

Synorthus

insularis

 

Watt

1971

Snares Is

 

Elateridae

 

 

Sphaenelater

nitidofuscus

 

(Blanchard)

1845

Auckland Is, New Zealand

 

Anobiidae

Anobiinae

 

Stegobium

paniceum

 

(Linnaeus)

1761

Auckland Is, Cosmopolitan

Anobiidae

Ptininae

 

Ptinus

tectus

 

Boieldieu

1856

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell, Snares Is, New Zealand

 

Trogossitidae

Trogossitinae

 

Tenebroides

mauritanicus

 

(Linnaeus)

1758

Cosmopolitan

 

Cleridae

Korynetinae

 

Necrobia

rufipes

 

(DeGreer)

1775

Auckland Is, Cosmopolitan

Cryptophagidae

Cryptophaginae

Cryptosomatulini

Antarcticotectus

aucklandicus

 

Brookes

1951

Auckland Is

 

Silvanidae

Brontinae

 

Cryptamorpha

desjardinsi

 

(Guerin)

1844

Widespread, Campbell Is

 

Silvanidae

Silvaninae

 

Ahasverus

advena

 

(Waltl)

1834

Widespread, Antipodes Is

 

Coccinellidae

Coccinellinae

 

Adalia

bipunctata

 

(Linneaus)

1758

Auckland Is, Widespread

Coccinellidae

Coccidulinae

 

Veronicobius

aucklandiae

 

(Kirsch)

1877

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Corylophidae

Peltinodinae

 

Holopsis

oblonga

 

Endrōdy-Younga

1964

Antipodes, Campbell Is

 

Latridiidae

Corticariinae

 

Melanophthalma

globipennis

 

(Reitter)

1881

Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Latridiidae

Latridiinae

 

Aridius

nodifer

 

(Westwood)

1793

Cosmopolitan

Latridiidae

Latridiinae

 

Latridius

minutus

 

(Linnaeus)

1767

Campbell Is, Cosmopolitan

Melandryidae

Melandryinae

 

Orchesia

rennelli

 

Gressitt & Samuelson

1964

Campbell Is

 

Melandryidae

Melandryinae

 

Orchesia

nr. rennelli

 

Gressitt & Samuelson

1964

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Ulomini

Uloma

n. sp.

 

 

1961

Campbell Is

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

tuberculatus

 

Guérin-Méneville

1841

Auckland Is

 

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

posticalis

 

(Broun)

1909

Campbell Is

 

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

antipodensis

 

Watt

1971

Antipodes Is

 

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

liberalis

 

Watt

1971

Bounty Is

 

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

clandestinus

 

Watt

1971

Antipodes Is

 

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrioninae

Titaenini

Pseudhelops

quadricollis

 

Broun

1909

Snares Is

 

Salpingidae

Aegialitinae

 

Antarcticodomus

fallai

 

Brookes

1951

Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Salpingidae

Aegialitinae

 

Antarcticodomus

n. sp.

 

 

 

Antipodes, Bounty Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Chrysomelidae

Galucerinae

Alticini

Longitarsus

fuliginosus

 

(Broun)

1880

New Zealand, Campbell Is

 

Cerambycidae

Lamiinae

 

Ptinosoma

n. sp.

 

 

 

Antipodes Is

Recorded by Marris (2000)

Anthribidae

Anthribinae

 

Cacephatus

aucklandicus

 

(Brookes)

1951

Auckland, Snares, Stewart Is

 

Anthribidae

Anthribinae

 

Lichenobius

littoralis

 

Holloway

1970

Snares, Stewart Is

 

Anthribidae

Anthribinae

 

Lichenobius

maritimus

 

Holloway

1982

Bounty Is

 

Curculionidae

Cossoninae

Pentarthrini

Pentarthrum

spadiceum

 

Broun

1886

Auckland, Stewart, South Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Pachyderris

punctiventris

 

Broun

1909

New Zealand, Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Notacalles

planidorsis

 

Kirsch

1877

Campbell, Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Notacalles

piciventris

 

(Broun)

1909

Campbell and Auckland Is, New Zealand

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Microcryptorhynchus

ferrugo

 

Kuschel

1971

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Microcryptorhynchus

kronei

 

(Kirsch)

1877

Campbell, Auckland Is, New Zealand

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Microcryptorhynchus

latitarsis

 

(Kuschel)

1964

Auckland Is, New Zealand  

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Microcryptorhynchus

multisetosus

 

(Broun)

1907

New Zealand, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Cryptorhynchini

Microcryptorhynchus

suillus

 

(Kuschel)

1964

New Zealand, Auckland, Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Eugnomini

Pactolotypus

subantarcticus

 

Kuschel

1964

Campbell, Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Eugnomini

Pactolotypus

depressirostris

 

(Kirsch)

1877

Auckland Is, New Zealand ( South Is)

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Molytini

Hadramphus

stilbocarpae

 

Kuschel

1971

Snares Is, Stewart Is, New Zealand

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Molytini

Lyperobius

nesidiotes

 

Kuschel

1987

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Phrynixini

Notonesius

aucklandicus

 

Kuschel

1964

Auckland Is

   

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Phrynixini

Phrynixus

astutus

 

Pascoe

1876

Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Phrynixini

Phrynixus

laqueorum

 

Kuschel

1964

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Phrynixini

Phrynixus

thoracicus

 

(Broun)

1893

Auckland Is, New Zealand (North Is)

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

aucklandicus

 

Kuschel

1971

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

laqueorum

 

Kuschel

1964

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

narinosus

 

Kuschel

1971

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

insularis

insularis

Blanchard

1847

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

insularis

robustus

(Brookes)

1951

Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

insularis

antipodarum

Kuschel

1964

Antipodes Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

exiguus

 

(Brookes)

1951

Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

veneris

veneris

(Kirsch)

1877

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

veneris

setarius

(Broun)

1909

Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

cockaynei

 

(Broun)

1905

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Gromilus

fallai

 

(Brookes)

1951

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Nestrius

laqueorum

 

Kuschel

1964

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Rhytirhinini

Nestrius

bifurcus

 

Kuschel

1964

Auckland Is, New Zealand (North Is)

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Storeini

Peristoreus

innocens

 

Kirsch

1877

Auckland, Campbell, Stewart Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Storeini

Notinus

aucklandicus

 

Kuschel

1964

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Trypetidini

Exeiratus

laqueorum

 

Kuschel

1964

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Curculioninae

Trypetidini

Exeiratus

turbotti

 

(Brookes)

1951

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Catoptes

versicolor

australis

(Kuschel)

1964

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Heterexis

sculptipennis

 

Broun

1909

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Heterexis

seticostatus

 

(Brookes)

1951

Campbell Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Oclandius

vestitus

 

(Broun)

1909

Snares Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Oclandius

cinereus

 

(Blanchard)

1846

Campbell, Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Oclandius

laeviusculus

 

(Broun)

1902

Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Entiminae

Leptopiini

Catodryobiolus

antipoda

 

Brookes

1951

Campbell and Auckland Is

 

Curculionidae

Scolytinae

Scolytini

Xyleborinus

eucalypticus

 

(Schedl)

1938

Australia, New Zealand, Campbell Is

 

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