Cyparium thorpei is a species of rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[2] The species was first described by Ivan Löbl and Richard A. B. Leschen in 2003, and is endemic to New Zealand.
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| Holotype specimen from the Auckland War Memorial Museum collections | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Cyparium |
| Species: | C. thorpei
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyparium thorpei Löbl & Leschen, 2003
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Taxonomy
editThe species was identified by Slovakian entomologist Ivan Löbl and New Zealand entomologist Richard A. B. Leschen in 2003, based on a holotype collected by Stephen E. Thorpe in March 2002 in association with Nothofagus forest, in the vicinity of Whakapapa Village in the central North Island.[3][4] Löbl and Leschen named the species after Thorpe.[3][5]
Description
editC. thorpei has an elongate body coloured uniformly black or reddish-black, and measures between 3.05–3.15 mm (0.120–0.124 in).[3]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is endemic to New Zealand, known to occur in the Northland Region and the central North Island.[3]
Gallery
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C. thorpei illustration by Des Helmore -
Side view of C. thorpei
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References
edit- ^ "Cyparium thorpei Löbl & Leschen, 2003". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Cyparium thorpei Löbl & Leschen, 2003". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Löbl, Ivan; Leschen, Richard A. B. (18 November 2003). "Scaphidiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 48. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.48. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 494194341. Wikidata Q45009830.
- ^ "Cyparium thorpei". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Collins, Simon (27 January 2004). "Hillary caught up in scientists' beetle mania". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2024.