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Copelatus is a large genus of small diving beetles. There are some 470 described species in the genus, found worldwide, but they are most diverse in tropical...32 KB (2,360 words) - 11:41, 19 November 2023
The huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis) is a longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. It is the heaviest beetle found in New Zealand. To Māori, the larval...15 KB (1,596 words) - 01:14, 15 April 2024
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found...9 KB (1,061 words) - 03:20, 27 October 2023
Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury...7 KB (680 words) - 21:13, 13 February 2024
Novius cardinalis (common names vedalia beetle or cardinal ladybird) is a species of ladybird beetle native to Australia. It was formerly placed in the...6 KB (663 words) - 10:19, 23 March 2024
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a species of ladybird beetle native to eastern Australia. The beetle...8 KB (743 words) - 20:19, 18 March 2024
Xylotoles costatus, the Pitt Island longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands. Once thought...6 KB (620 words) - 22:18, 10 November 2022
Neocicindela tuberculata is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae, endemic to New Zealand. Its common names include common tiger beetle...12 KB (1,528 words) - 02:20, 3 December 2022
The Cromwell chafer beetle (Prodontria lewisii) is a species of flightless beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in just one spot in Central Otago...9 KB (950 words) - 01:39, 9 May 2023
Hadramphus (synonym: Karocolens), commonly known as knobbled weevils, is a genus of flightless molytine weevils from the family Curculionidae. It is endemic...4 KB (390 words) - 15:35, 14 October 2023
Halmus chalybeus, commonly known as the steelblue ladybird, is a species of ladybird (the beetle family Coccinellidae) native to Australia. It has a rounded...2 KB (211 words) - 20:33, 8 November 2023
Harmonia conformis, the large spotted ladybird, is a species of ladybird (the family Coccinellidae). It has a light reddish appearance and its colouration...3 KB (337 words) - 18:51, 18 April 2022
Parisopalpus nigronotatus, known by its common name, the spotted lax beetle, is a species of false blister beetles. It was first identified by Carl Henrik...4 KB (329 words) - 23:19, 28 April 2024
The New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, is a straight-snouted weevil in the subfamily Brentinae, endemic to New Zealand. L. barbicornis...26 KB (3,056 words) - 15:58, 7 May 2024
Oemona hirta, the lemon tree borer, also known as the whistling beetle or the singing beetle, is a longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. Its larvae are...26 KB (3,376 words) - 02:06, 25 April 2024
Geodorcus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Lucanidae. They are endemic to New Zealand. All Geodorcus species are protected under Schedule...2 KB (106 words) - 02:03, 19 October 2022- Mecodema punctellum is a presumed-extinct species of ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to Stephens Island in New Zealand. Mecodema punctellum...2 KB (194 words) - 19:16, 13 August 2023
Coccinella undecimpunctata, the eleven-spot ladybird or eleven-spotted lady beetle, it is native to central Asia, though commonly found in Europe, and...9 KB (1,084 words) - 20:45, 13 March 2023
Harpalus affinis is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, and introduced in the Nearctic and the Australasian region. In Europe, it is only...2 KB (236 words) - 16:27, 23 February 2021
Tachyporus is a genus of rove beetle in the tribe Tachyporini. It is the type genus of both the tribe Tachyporini and the subfamily Tachyporinae. The Global...2 KB (82 words) - 23:44, 17 February 2024
