Maoripamborus
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Genus: | Maoripamborus Brookes, 1944
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Species: | M. fairburni
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Maoripamborus fairburni Brookes, 1944
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Maoripamborus fairburni is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only described species in the genus, though there are some reports of an additional undescribed species.[1][2] The genus is endemic to northern North Island in New Zealand, and is most closely related to the Australian genus Pamborus.[3][4]
References
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- ^ "Maoripamborus Brookes, 1944". Carabidae of the World. 2012. Retrieved 13 Nov 2012.
- ^ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISBN 0-478-09342-X extract and pdf
- ^ Sota, T.; Takami, Y.; Monteith G.B.; Moore, B.P. 2005: Phylogeny and character evolution of endemic Australian carabid beetles of the genus Pamborus based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36(2): 391–404. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.015
Further reading
- Harris, A.C. 1992: A note on Maoripamborus fairburni (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cychrini). Weta, 15: 42–44. full article (PDF)
- Worthy, T.H. 1983: Subfossil insects - a key to past diversity. Weta, 6(2): 42–43. full article (PDF)
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