Actizeta

Actizeta
Actizeta albata illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Cnemeplatiini
Genus:
Pascoe, 1875

Actizeta is a genus of darkling beetle endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was first described in 1875 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe from specimens collected in Waikato and Great Barrier Island.[2] They live on sandy beaches. The type species is Actizeta albata.[3]

Taxonomy

There are two species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ "NZOR Name Details - Actizeta". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ Pascoe, Francis P. (1875). "XXVI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of New-Zealand coleoptera.—Part I". Annals And Magazine of Natural History. 16 (93): 210–223. doi:10.1080/00222937508681155.
  3. ^ Watt, J. Charles (13 July 1992). "Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 26. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.26. ISSN 1179-7193.
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