Peripatoides kawekaensis

Peripatoides kawekaensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] The type locality is in New Zealand's North Island.[2]

Peripatoides kawekaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Class:	Udeonychophora
Order:	Euonychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatoides
Species:	P. kawekaensis
Binomial name
Peripatoides kawekaensis Trewick, 1998

Taxonomy

This species was described by Steven A. Trewick in 1998 using material collected at the Hutchinson Reserve in the Hawke's Bay Region.[3] The holotype specimen is held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.[4]

Conservation Status

This species has been classified as having the "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]

References

1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
3. Trewick, Steven A. (March 1998). "Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 63 (3): 307–329. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01520.x.
4. "Peripatoides kawekaensis Trewick, 1998". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
5. Trewick, Steve; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy; Stringer, Ian (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand Onychophora ('peripatus' or velvet worm), 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 26. Department of Conservation: 1–3. ISBN 9781988514703.