A Larochelle & M-C Larivière's web pages

Welcome to our world!

     Here you will find all kinds of information about who we are and what we do as entomologists based in New Zealand, specialising on ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae including Cicindelini) and bugs (Hemiptera).

Our Mission

     To live with integrity in the moment, to share our passion and love for nature, and to make a difference in the lives of others by dedicating our time, talents and resources to:

• reach an overall understanding of the New Zealand carabid and bug faunas as soon as possible (about 1000 species or 10% of the New Zealand insect fauna); 

• make available large amounts of baseline information on the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and natural history of these groups for practical use by a wide range of end-users; 

• provide a floorplan for more detailed taxonomic, ecological, biogeographical, and evolutionary studies on this unique isolated component of the world insect fauna. 

Recent publications 

Hemiptera: Heteroptera (true bugs)

Larivière M-C, Larochelle A. 2022. Synopsis of the subfamily Carventinae in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Insecta Mundi 0961: 1-56. 

Larivière M-C, Larochelle A. 2019. World Saldidae: Supplement 1987-2018) to the catalog and bibliography of the Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera). Zootaxa 4590 (1): 125-152.

Coleoptera: Carabidae (ground-beetles and tiger-beetles)

Larochelle A, Larivière M-C. 2024. Synopsis of the genus Cerabilia Laporte de Castelnau in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Abacetini). Insecta Mundi 1036: 1–31.

Larochelle A, Larivière M-C. 2022. Synopsis of the tribe Amarotypini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Insecta Mundi 0942: 1-30.

Larochelle A, Larivière M-C. 2021. Synopsis of the tribe Platynini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Insecta Mundi 0864: 1-96.

How to cite this website 

Larochelle A, Larivière M-C 2007-present. André Larochelle & Marie-Claude Larivière's web pages. http://www.larochellelariviere.com/