Oregus

Oregus
Male holotype specimen of Oregus crypticus held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Oregus
Putzeys, 1868

Oregus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It contains the following species:[2]

  • Oregus aereus (White, 1846)
  • Oregus crypticus Pawson; Emberson; Armstrong & Paterson, 2003
  • Oregus inaequalis (Castelnau, 1867)
  • Oregus septentrionalis Pawson, 2003

References

  1. "Oregus Putzeys, 1868". NZOR.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "Genus Oregus Putzeys, 1868". Carabidae of the World. 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.


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