Mimopeus turbotti is a species of darkling beetle belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.[1] The species was first described by John Charles Watt in 1988, and is endemic to Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands in New Zealand.
The species was identified by John Charles Watt in 1988, based on a specimen collected from Manawatāwhi / Great Island by Evan Graham Turbott in 1946.[2] Watt named the species after Turbott.
Watt's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Watt measured the average length of M. turbotti as between, with a width of between . Watt noted that the species was closest morphologically to M. elongatus, and could be distinguished by differing aedeagus structures and M. turbotti being larger and broader in size.
The species is endemic to New Zealand, found on the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, northwest of the North Island of New Zealand.