Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Hadramphus tuberculatus (Hadramphus tuberculatus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Hadramphus tuberculatus (Hadramphus tuberculatus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Hadramphus tuberculatus

Hadramphus tuberculatus

Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Hadramphus tuberculatus
Recorded from
New Zealand
Taxonomy
Insecta · Coleoptera · Curculionidae · Lyperobius

Appearance

It has a dark brown body with greyish-brown scales.

H. Tuberculatus is a flightless weevil with a knobbed back.

It reaches a length of 11.7–16.3 millimetres (0.46–0.64 in) and a width of 6.5–8.3 mm (0.26–0.33 in).

Range and habitat

Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

It was thought to be extinct in 1922 but was rediscovered in 2004.

Hadramphus tuberculatus is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Hadramphus tuberculatus, Wikidata item Q250098. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Hadramphus tuberculatus?
Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.
What is the conservation status of Hadramphus tuberculatus?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hadramphus tuberculatus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hadramphus tuberculatus live?
Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.
Why is Hadramphus tuberculatus in crisis?
It was thought to be extinct in 1922 but was rediscovered in 2004.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hadramphus tuberculatus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hadramphus tuberculatus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.