Actizeta
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| Actizeta | |
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| Actizeta albata illustration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| Tribe: | Cnemeplatiini |
| Genus: | Actizeta Pascoe, 1875 |
Actizeta is a genus of darkling beetle endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was first described in 1875 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe from specimens collected in Waikato and Great Barrier Island.[2] They live on sandy beaches. The type species is Actizeta albata.[3]