Talk:Megapenthes kieneri
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Distribution[edit]
- ?New Zealand [endemic?]
- NOTE: Macfarlane et al. (2010: 422), list this species without any indication of doubt regarding its provenance or identity. The genus was indicated as 'D = doubtfully established in New Zealand' by Leschen et al. (2003: 21), so in the absence of any evidence to indicate that this doubt can now be safely removed, I maintain the question mark for both genus and species. I strongly suspect that it is in fact the same species as the common New Zealand Ochosternus zealandicus.
References[edit]
- Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15-28.
- Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3