Maoripamborus Explained

Maoripamborus fairburni is a species of beetle 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 the northern North Island of New Zealand, and is most closely related to the Australian genus Pamborus.^{[3] [4]}

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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Notes and References

1. Web site: Maoripamborus Brookes, 1944 . Catalogue of Life . 2023-04-08 .
2. http://demo.nzor.org.nz/search?query=Maoripamborus&pagesize=50&usefuzzymatching=false&orderby=fullnamesort NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
3. Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) extract and pdf
4. 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.