Oregus

Oregus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1] A 2003 taxonomic revision of the group using both morphological and DNA characters concluded that it contained four species, and identified new species from Marlborough (Oregus spetentionalis) and North Canterbury (Oregus crypticus).^[2][3] The current species list is:^[4]

• Oregus aereus (White, 1846)
• Oregus crypticus Pawson, Emberson, Armstrong & Paterson, 2003
• Oregus inaequalis (Castelnau, 1867)
• Oregus septentrionalis Pawson, Emberson, Armstrong & Paterson, 2003

Oregus
Male holotype specimen of Oregus crypticus held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Broscinae
Tribe:	Broscini
Subtribe:	Nothobroscina
Genus:	Oregus Putzeys, 1868