Wikipedia:GLAM/AoWPAL 2025/Fauna
Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula has several endemic animal species (all invertebrates). Other animal species distinctive to the Peninsula could have their articles improved or illustrated with local photos. The fauna of Banks Paninsula is also the subject of numerous technical reports from Lincoln University, which could be added to Wikidata and referened in the appropriate articles.
Endemism
[edit]Amongst arthropods, about 2–3 per cent of the known fauna (about 30 species) is unique to the Peninsula, including at least 10 ground beetles and five craneflies.
| Wikidata | Article | Quality | Photos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecodema howittii (Q13820910) | Mecodema howitti | 
|
(2), no Commons category, one photo is a copyright violation | Student project, some cleanup needed |
| Mecodema oregoides (Q13821030) | Mecodema oregoides | 
|
— | Needs expansion and images. 1 |
| Megadromus guerinii (Q13825673) | Megadromus guerinii | — | —, but plenty of open-licensed photos in iNat. | Very common endemic large carabid; 1, 2 |
| Holcaspis suteri (Q13232676) | Holcaspis suteri | — | — | Possibly not endemic to the Peninsula despite Bowie et al.? See iNat. |
| Hemideina ricta (Q10521132) | Hemideina ricta |
|
Category:Hemideina ricta (7) | Student project, tackled by Team Critter but still some cleanup needed and citations sorted |
| Aranimermis giganteus (Q5234291) | Aranimermis giganteus |
|
— | Not endemic, but the world's largest mermithid nematode, described from Price's Valley. |
| Celatoblatta peninsularis (Q10444627) | Celatoblatta peninsularis | — | — | Needs creating |
| Neocurupira chiltoni (Q14675656) | Neocurupira chiltoni | — | Category:Neocurupira chiltoni (4) | Endemic net-winged midge. |
| Onawea pantomelas (Q21300026) | Onawea pantomelas | — | Category:Onawea pantomelas (1) | Endemic genus named after Onawe Peninsula. The late Stephen Thorpe identifed the image. |
| Megacolabus sculpturatus (Q21323714) | Megacolabus sculpturatus | — | — | Banks Peninsula fern weevil: collected in 1893 from Akaroa and never seen again. 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Periegops suterii (Q2782758) | Periegops suterii | 
|
Category:Periegops suterii (5) | Also in Riccarton Bush |
| Pseudaneitea maculata (Q3074402) | Pseudaneitia maculata |
|
— | About as stubby a stub as imaginable. |
| Hadramphus tuberculatus (Q250098) | Hadramphus tuberculatus |
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Category:Hadramphus tuberculatus | Needs work, including updating recent sighting, and its history on Banks Peninsula. |
Notable fauna
[edit]- Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) (
as of Dec 2024) – There is a managed breeding colony at Pōhatu Flea Bay - Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) (
as of Dec 2024) – frequently seen in Akaroa Harbour
Sources
[edit]- Anderson, S. J. (2000). Distribution, Habitat Associations, and Activity Patterns of Two Endemic Banks Peninsula Carabid Beetles, Mecodema howitti and Megadromus guerinii (Phd). Lincoln University. See subsequent publication.
- Brockerhoff, Eckehard et al. (2008.) "Terrestrial Invertebrates". pp. 493–548 in Winterbourn et al (eds.) The Natural History of Canterbury (3rd ed.). Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. Not available in the Internet Archive
- Johns, P.M. (August 1986). Arthropods of Banks Peninsula Reserves. Report to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch. This 114 p book is almost completely unavailable and would be good to at least add to the Internet Archive.
- Jacqueline Anne Townsend (1995), Distribution and ecology of the Banks Peninsula tree weta, Hemideina ricta, Massey Research Online, hdl:10179/10794, Wikidata Q112854540
- Ward, John B. et al. (1999) "Insects and other arthropods of Hinewai Reserve, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand." Records of the Canterbury Museum 13:97–121. Not available on Canterbury Museum's website, or the Internet Archive.
- Wilson, Hugh. (2009). Natural History of Banks Peninsula. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press (to create as a ref in Wikidata)
Lincoln University Wildlife Management Reports
[edit]The Lincoln University Wildlife Management Report (Q21386111) series includes a number of useful publications on Banks Peninsula fauna. It would be great to add them and their authors to Wikidata, so we can cite them thus (suggestions welcomed on better citation formatting, or on getting these to work with CiteQ):
- Bowie, Mike H.; Mountier, Cathy; Fox, Barry; Boyer, Stéphane; Gamlen-Greene, Roseanna; Brown, Sam; Sullivan, Jon J.; Hoare, Robert; Johns, Peter M. (September 2011). "An invertebrate survey of reserves, covenants and significant remnants of eastern Banks Peninsula in 2010–2011". Lincoln University Wildlife Management Report (25).
To enter:
- Feasibility study towards restoring missing fauna of Ōtamahua/Quail Island, with a focus on invertebrates
- How does ecological restoration influence invertebrate composition on Quail Island?
- Purple Peaks Curry Reserve pest animal management plan
- Detecting the presence of long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) and morepork (Ninox novaseelandiae) on Banks Peninsula
- Establishing a baseline: Ecological monitoring for Panama Rock and Stones remnant, Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula
- Morepork (Ninox novaseelandiae) distribution and conservation on Banks Peninsula
- Monitoring Kererū population size and investigating the relationship between cats and Kererū at Church Bay and Orton Bradley Park, Banks Peninsula
- Proceedings of the Banks Peninsula Biodiversity Workshop
- Survey of the lizard fauna of Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury
- Restoration of Quail Island invertebrates
- The potential for eradication of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from Quail Island, Banks Peninsula
- The eradication of mammalian predators from Quail Island, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Measuring the diversity and abundance of carabids and spiders of ten Port Hills reserves in Canterbury
- Measuring diversity and abundance of invertebrates in Ahuriri, Coopers Knob and Orongomai Reserves in the Port Hills, Canterbury
- Invertebrate diversity and abundance in ten Port Hills reserves, Canterbury
- Measuring ecosystem recovery: diversity and abundance of invertebrates in ten Port Hills reserves, Canterbury
- Measuring diversity and abundance of beetles and spiders in ten Port Hills reserves, Canterbury
- Proceedings of the Quail Island Ecological Restoration Trust Workshop held at Lincoln University on 28 May 2006