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Mimopeus Turbotti
''Mimopeus turbotti'' is a species of darkling beetle belonging to the family Tenebrionidae. The species was first described by John Charles Watt (entomologist), John Charles Watt in 1988, and is endemic to Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands in New Zealand. Taxonomy 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. Watt named the species after Turbott. Description 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 ''Mimopeus elongatus, M. elongatus'', and could be distinguished by differing aedeagus structures and ''M. turbotti'' being larger and broader in size. Distribution and habitat The species is endemic to New Zealand, found on the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, northwest of the North Island of New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum (), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical architecture, neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history (and especially the history of the Auckland Region), natural history, and military history. Auckland Museum's collections and exhibits began in 1852. In 1867 Aucklanders formed a learned society—the Auckland Philosophical Society, soon renamed Auckland Institute. Within a few years Auckland Museum was transferred to Auckland Institute, thereafter known as Auckland Institute and Museum until 1996. Auckland War Memorial Museum was the name of the new building opened in 1929, but since 1996 it has been more commonly used for the institution as well. From 1991 to 2003 the Museum's Māori-language, Māori n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some shortcomings for the unique requirements of conservation ranking in New Zealand. plants, animals, and fungi are evaluated, though the lattermost has yet to be published. Algae were assessed in 2005 but not reassessed since. Other protist A protist ( ) or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus. Protists do not form a natural group, or clade, but are a paraphyletic grouping of all descendants of the last eukaryotic common ancest ...s have not been evaluated. Categories Species that are ranked are assigned categories: ;Threatened :This category has three major divisions: :*Nationally Critical - equivalent to the IUCN category of Critically endangered :*Nationally Endangered - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkling Beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles in his ''10th edition of Systema Naturae'' 1758–59. The name means "lover of darkness"; the English language term 'darkling' means "characterised by darkness or obscurity"; see also English 'tenebrous', figuratively "obscure, gloomy." Many Tenebrionidae species inhabit dark places; in genera such as ''Stenocara'' and ''Onymacris'', they are active by day and inactive at night. The family covers a varied range of forms, such that classification presents great difficulties. These eleven subfamilies were listed in the 2021 review by Bouchard, Bousquet, ''et al.'', updating a similar catalog from 2005.Bouchard, Patrice; Lawrence, John F.; Davies, Anthony E.; Newton, Alfred F. (2005"Synoptic Classification of the World Tenebrionidae (Insect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landcare New Zealand
Landcare may refer to: *Australian Landcare Council, a former Australian government body, superseded by the National Landcare Advisory Committee *Landcare Australia, an Australian community not-for-profit organisation, involving local volunteers repairing the natural environment *The landcare movement in Australia, begun by farmers in the 1960s *Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Landcare Research (Māori: Manaaki Whenua) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute whose focus of research is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability. The New Zealand Government intends to merge the institute into the New Zealand ..., a New Zealand Crown Research Institute whose focus of research is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability. * National Landcare Program, Australian Government program providing funding for improving land management practices {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Watt (entomologist)
John Charles Watt (31 January 1936 – 16 April 2006) was a New Zealand entomologist who made significant contributions to the study of New Zealand darkling beetles. Watt was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand while a child. He was educated at the University of Auckland where he obtained an master's degree with honours in zoology. He then travelled to the University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ... where he obtain a doctorate. He was a participant in the 1970 Three Kings Islands expedition. References 1936 births 2006 deaths New Zealand entomologists Naturalised citizens of New Zealand People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand) {{Entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands
The Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands (Manawatāwhi is also the Māori language, Māori name for the largest island) are a group of 13 uninhabited islands about northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand, where the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge. They measure in area. The islands are on a submarine plateau, the Three Kings Bank, and are separated from the New Zealand mainland by an 8 km wide, 200 to 300 m deep submarine trough. Therefore, despite relative proximity to the mainland, the islands are listed with the New Zealand Outlying Islands. The islands are an immediate part of New Zealand, but not part of any Regions of New Zealand, region or Territorial Authorities of New Zealand, district, but instead ''Area Outside Territorial Authority'', like all the other outlying islands except the Solander Islands. History During the Last Glacial Maximum when sea levels were over 100 metres lower than present day levels, most offsho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Graham Turbott
Evan Graham Turbott (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014) was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. He served as director of the Auckland Institute and Museum from 1964 to 1979. Early life and family Born at Stanley Bay, New Zealand, Stanley Bay on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, Turbott was the eldest of the three sons of Thomas Turbott, headmaster of Grey Lynn School, and his wife Evangeline Alice Turbott (née Graham). His brothers included the diplomat and businessman Ian Turbott. He was educated at Stanley Bay School, Vauxhall School, and was a foundation pupil of Takapuna Grammar School. Turbott studied at Auckland College of Education, Auckland Teachers' Training College and University of Auckland, Auckland University College. He graduated from the latter institution with a Master of Science in zoology in 1938. His thesis was entitled ''Some observations on the distribution and anatomy of Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger''. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been previously described or related species. For a species to be considered valid, a species description must follow established guidelines and naming conventions dictated by relevant nomenclature codes. These include the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for animals, the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) for plants, and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) for viruses. A species description often includes photographs or other illustrations of type material and information regarding where this material is deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimopeus Elongatus
''Mimopeus elongatus'' is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily Tenebrioninae, first described by Ferdinando Arborio Gattinara di Breme in 1842, who considered it a type of ''Cilibe''. The species is found on the coast of the North Island of New Zealand in sand dunes, amongst ''Muehlenbeckia complexa'' and boulders on beaches, or around boulders in the Auckland volcanic field. The beetles are a reddish brown or black colour, with a shiny underside, with adults measuring approximately 11–15 mm in length and 5.3–7.3 mm in width. The species is predated upon by the polynesian rat and brown rat The brown rat (''Rattus norvegicus''), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat. One of the largest Muroidea, muroids, it is a brown or grey ...s.Parrish, G. R., & Anderson, P. J. (1999). Lizard transfers from Matapia Island to Motuopao Island, Northland and observ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island
The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List of islands by area, world's 14th-largest island, constituting 43% of New Zealand's land area. It has a population of which is % of New Zealand's residents, making it the most populous island in Polynesia and the List of islands by population, 28th-most-populous island in the world. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, New Zealand, Napier, Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage The island has been known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
