Waiputrechus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing a single species endemic to New Zealand.Townsend, J.I. 2010: Trechini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Fauna of New Zealand, (62) Waiputrechus cavernicola is known only from a single specimen collected in 1999 by Maree Hunt from a rocky wall inside a cave, Mert's Muddle, near Waipu. It has been classified as "nationally critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.Leschen, R.A.B. et al. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. New Zealand entomologist, 35(2): 91-98.
Description Waiputrechus cavernicola is very small, the holotype specimen being 3.1 mm in length. It is a pale yellowish brown.
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