Hyphalus wisei

Hyphalus wisei
Hyphalus wisei (Britton, 1973) holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Byrrhoidea
Family:	Limnichidae
Subfamily:	Hyfhalinae
Genus:	Hyphalus
Species:	H. wisei
Binomial name
Hyphalus wisei Britton, 1973

Hyphalus wisei is a species of intertidal beetle endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Description

The adult beetle is 1.1 - 1.2 mm long and has a black body with pale coloured setae that give the insect a grey appearance. The larvae of this beetle are 2 mm long and are coloured pale to dark brown. Both the adult beetle and its larva are very similar in appearance to the species Hyphalus insularis.^[2]

Distribution

This species has been found in Rodney County near Goat Island.^[3] This species has also been found on Cuvier Island.^[4]

References

1. Cheng, L. "Hyphalus wisei Britton, 1973". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. Britton, E. B. (1973). "Hyphalus wisei sp. n., A new intertidal beetle from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Limnichidae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 10: 119–122. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. Hernando, C.; Ribera, I. (2010). "Limnichidae: Description of a new species from New Caledonia, and checklist of the taxa recorded from the Australian/Pacific Region (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Water beetles of New Caledonia. Part 1: 447. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. "Hyphalus wisei". Auckland Museum. Auckland Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

External links

• New Zealand Organisms Register entry for Hyphalus wisei