page_title: Lyperobius clarkei
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Lyperobius clarkei / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Lyperobius clarkei on speargrass
context_page_description: Lyperobius clarkei is a flightless weevil found in alpine areas of Buller and Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand.
context_section_description: This species was first collected in 1964 by J.I.Townsend and A.K.Walker on Mount Arthur, Nelson from Aciphylla ferox. The holotype specimen is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection and was described by Robin Craw in 1999 and named Lyperobius clarkei after the entomologist C.E. Clarke. It is a member of the speargrass or Lyperobius weevils in the sub-family Molytinae.
caption: Lyperobius clarkei
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