Conservation and type localities of New Zealand Coleoptera, and notes on collectors 1770–1920

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Abstract
Few native insects have adapted themselves to intensively farmed land in New Zealand. Requirements for reserves for conservation of the native fauna are discussed briefly, and deficiencies of knowledge in this field are pointed out. Type localities of New Zealand Coleoptera (which comprise about 45 percent of the recorded insect fauna) described in Thomas Broun's publications are listed, together with the present status of each locality and the number of species described from it. Many endemic species are particularly sensitive to habitat modifications. Many species appear to have become extinct at their type localities, and some appear to have become extinct throughout their range. Notes on collectors and the main localities where they worked up to 1920 are appended. Problems in identifying endemic Coleoptera are outlined.

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