A list of the invertebrates of the Mackenzie area, New Zealand

ABSTRACT

A list of 3052 invertebrate taxa of the Mackenzie area, South Island, New Zealand is compiled from published surveys, museum catalogues and other sources. The class Insecta comprised 90% of all taxa recorded, followed by Arachnida (5%). The most diverse orders were Lepidoptera (24%), Diptera (19%), Coleoptera (18%) and Hymenoptera (11%). Over all taxa, 64% are endemic, 6% native, 7% exotic and 23% undetermined. Twenty-eight are only found in the Mackenzie region and 123 are assessed in the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

KEYWORDS:

• Mackenzie Basin | Te Manahuna
• regional species list
• endemism
• diversity‌
• threat classification

Acknowledgments

A large gratitude is owed to the numerous researchers whose work this list of taxa is compiled from. Additional help, advice and comments were provided by John Marris, Brian Patrick, Warren Chinn, Cor Vink, Johnathon Ridden, Kelvin Lloyd, Bruce McKinlay, Mandy Tocher, Karen Reader.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).