Waiputrechus
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| Waiputrechus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Trechinae |
| Genus: | Waiputrechus Townsend, 2010 |
| Species: | W. cavernicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Waiputrechus cavernicola Townsend, 2010 | |
Waiputrechus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing a single species endemic to New Zealand.[2] Waiputrechus cavernicola is known only from a single specimen collected in 1999 by Maree Hunt from a rocky wall inside a cave, Mert's Muddle, near Waipu.[2] It has been classified as "nationally critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]
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