An Edit-a-thon is an all-day attempt to improve Wikipedia's coverage of a particular topic. Led by an experienced Wikipedia editor, participants learn to create and edit pages, correct mistakes, add references, and upload photos. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided. This edit-a-thon is being hosted by the University of Auckland, and will focus on adding information on the New Zealand insects depicted on the Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards.
The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all; we would love you to register and make a commitment to coming, so we can make sure the venue will house everybody and we order enough pizza.
You can book online by filling out this Google form. Any questions? Contact Chrissie Painting <chrissiepainting@gmail.com>.
These have been assessed by Giantflightlessbirds and Ambrosia10, taking the Assessing articles guidelines into account. Many articles need good photos, and most need more information. Please feel free to make suggestions on article Talk pages, adopt an article you plan to work on, and approach people you think might have photographs. We've noted places where there are problems with the taxonomy, and would appreciate entomologists suggesting the best solution (but hold off diving in and starting to move and rename articles before you've talked to us!)
Order | Species common name | Species Latin name | Quality | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lepidoptera | New Zealand red admiral | Vanessa gonerilla | Start | Taxonomy section; better photos |
Diptera | New Zealand blue blowfly | Calliphora quadrimaculata | Start | Poorly written student essay, no photo only drawing. |
Orthoptera | Small field cricket | Bobilla | Stub | No species pages created; needs photo, (no appropriately licensed one found). |
Plecoptera | Large green stonefly | Stenoperla | Stub | Added several photos to commons. |
Coleoptera | Rove beetle | Kenocoelus | Stub | Expand. Difficulty finding images, (no appropriately licensed one found). |
Lepidoptera | Common blue | Zizina otis labradus | C | Needs NZ info, distribution, ecology. Have added one photo to wikicommons. |
Coleoptera | Manuka beetle | Pyronota festiva | C | Poor student essay; refs, more photos. Added more photos to Wikicommons. |
Hemiptera | Chorus cicada | Amphipsalta zelandica | Stub | Needs an edit, more pics, cleanup |
Hymenoptera | Sphecoid wasp | Rhopalum perforator | Stub | Expansion needed. |
Lepidoptera | Carpet moth | Xanthorhoe bulbulata | Stub | Expansion needed. More refs. |
Coleoptera | Huhu beetle | Prionoplus reticularis | Stub | Needs good refs, photos, much expansion – the most-viewed NZ beetle page, 1338 views/month! |
Lepidoptera | Puriri moth | Aenetus virescens | Stub | Expand, more photos (esp. larva, burrows) |
Mantodea | New Zealand praying mantis | Orthodera novaezealandiae | Start | Rewrite, fix refs, more on NZ vs introduced S African sp |
Lepidoptera | Lichen moth | Declana atronivea | Start | Just some expansion to get to A-class |
Hemiptera | Australasian shield bug | Glaucias amyoti | Stub | Needs photos and much expansion |
Hymenoptera | Southern ant | Monomorium antarcticum | Stub | More pics, refs, expansion |
Hymenoptera | Striated ant | Huberia striata | Stub | Needs expansion. |
Hymenoptera | Ant | Pachycondyla castaneicolor | Stub | Actually Austroponera? Needs more info. |
Hemiptera | Water boatman | Sigara arguta | Stub | Expansion needed. More references. |
Odonata | Red damselfly | Xanthocnemis zealandica | Stub | Better refs and nice photos. Added some more photos to Wikicommons, more also available here |
Coleoptera | Diving beetle | Rhantus plantaris | Stub | Was moved in April 2017 to Carabdytes: |
Diptera | New Zealand mosquito | Culiseta novaezealandiae | Stub | Difficulty finding images. |
Coleoptera | New Zealand dung beetle | Saphobius inflatipes | Stub | see Canthonini. Difficulty finding images. |
Neuroptera | Antlion lacewing | Weeleus acutus | Stub | Needs expansion. More images. More refs. |
Lepidoptera | New Zealand jaw moth | Sabatinca aurella | Stub | Currently in Micropardalis aurella so could be moved. Better photo! |
Hymenoptera | Lemon tree borer parasite | Xanthocryptus novozealandicus | Stub | Could be expanded to Start |
Orthoptera | Tree wētā | Hemideina thoracica | Stub | Ridiculously, masses of wētā are missing! See Tree weta. Needs expansion. |
Coleoptera | Tiger beetle | Cicindela | C | Has the subg. Cicindela (Neocicindela) been raised to genus Neocicindela? One NZ article Cicindela tuberculata - should this be Neocicindela tuberculata now? See Larochelle and Larivière 2013, 2016 |
Coleoptera | Squeaking longhorn | Hexatricha pulverulenta | Stub | Need more references, ecology, photos |
Coleoptera | Ant-like leaf beetle | Xylophilus luniger | To create: check Xylophilus genus. Need to confirm current name before creating. Is it now Aderus luniger [1], [2] | |
Blattodea | Native bush cockroach | Celatoblatta | Stub | Expansion & images needed. No species articles yet. C. vulgaris is the most common NZ species. |
Megaloptera | Dobsonfly | Archichauliodes diversus | Start | General cleanup, larva photo |
Hemiptera | Spittle bug | Carystoterpa fingens | Stub | Needs expanding. Needs images. Several images have been added to Wikicommons. |
Coleoptera | Ground beetle | Ctenognathus | Stub | No species pages created. |
Hymenoptera | Native bee | Leioproctus fulvescens | Stub | Just some expansion to get to start. More refs. |
Diptera | West coast black fly | Austrosimulium ungulatum | Stub | Having difficulty finding images. Expansion needed. |
Phasmatodea | New Zealand stick insect | Clitarchus hookeri | Stub | Expand, more photos. |
Coleoptera | Helms' stag beetle | Geodorcus helmsi | C | Needs expansion to get to A class |
Diptera | Green soldier fly | Beris | Stub | General expansion. Add citations. Image |
Odonata | New Zealand bush giant dragonfly | Uropetala carovei | Start | Expansion needed. More pics. |
Lepidoptera | Kūmara moth | Agrius convolvuli | Start | Expand. |
Dermaptera | Seashore earwig | Anisolabis littorea | Stub | Expand. Needs images. |
Hemiptera | Sooty beech scale insect | Ultracoelostoma assimile | Stub | Expand. One CC BY image in iNaturalist but blurry. Need images. |
Hymenoptera | Masked bee | Hylaeus agilis | Stub | General expansion and photos |
Orthoptera | Alpine grasshopper | Sigaus australis | Start | Expand. Type info section needed in prose. |
Diptera | Three-lined hover fly | Helophilus seelandicus | Stub | Expand. Needs images. |
Diptera | Kelp fly | Chaetocoelopa littoralis | Stub | Expand. Having difficulty finding images. |
Diptera | Fungus gnat/Glow worm | Arachnocampa luminosa | Start | Expand, more citations, pics. Taxonomy. |
Ephemeroptera | Swimming mayfly | Nesameletus ornatus | Stub | Needs significant expanding and images. |
Coleoptera | Canterbury knobbled weevil | Hadramphus tuberculatus | Stub | Expand, more photos (Ambrosia10 can't find any), see see see |
Coleoptera | Black spined weevil | Scolopterus | Stub | Scolopterus penicillatus exists |
Orthoptera | Cave wētā | Pachyrhamma | Stub | More info, pics, create species pages |
Hymenoptera | Spider wasp | Sphictostethus nitidus | Start | Cleanup, break into sections, more info. Pics |
Coleoptera | Giraffe weevil | Lasiorhynchus barbicornis | C | Check for any other recent literature |
See also Guide to species names at Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards, including a link to a PDF document containing lists, in two different sort orders, of the scientific and common names.
Twenty-one people took part in the workshop, and three remotely, making 433 edits in total. Most worked on the list above, but in addition the following pages were created:
The following pages were improved:
And images were added to Commons for the following:
Many thanks for Chrissie Painting and Leilani Walker for hosting this edit-a-thon, to Emma Scheltema for her gorgeous artwork, and to the Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity at the University of Auckland for funding and support. This event wouldn't exist without the Entomological Society of New Zealand backing the Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards project.
An Edit-a-thon is an all-day attempt to improve Wikipedia's coverage of a particular topic. Led by an experienced Wikipedia editor, participants learn to create and edit pages, correct mistakes, add references, and upload photos. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided. This edit-a-thon is being hosted by the University of Auckland, and will focus on adding information on the New Zealand insects depicted on the Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards.
The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all; we would love you to register and make a commitment to coming, so we can make sure the venue will house everybody and we order enough pizza.
You can book online by filling out this Google form. Any questions? Contact Chrissie Painting <chrissiepainting@gmail.com>.
These have been assessed by Giantflightlessbirds and Ambrosia10, taking the Assessing articles guidelines into account. Many articles need good photos, and most need more information. Please feel free to make suggestions on article Talk pages, adopt an article you plan to work on, and approach people you think might have photographs. We've noted places where there are problems with the taxonomy, and would appreciate entomologists suggesting the best solution (but hold off diving in and starting to move and rename articles before you've talked to us!)
Order | Species common name | Species Latin name | Quality | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lepidoptera | New Zealand red admiral | Vanessa gonerilla | Start | Taxonomy section; better photos |
Diptera | New Zealand blue blowfly | Calliphora quadrimaculata | Start | Poorly written student essay, no photo only drawing. |
Orthoptera | Small field cricket | Bobilla | Stub | No species pages created; needs photo, (no appropriately licensed one found). |
Plecoptera | Large green stonefly | Stenoperla | Stub | Added several photos to commons. |
Coleoptera | Rove beetle | Kenocoelus | Stub | Expand. Difficulty finding images, (no appropriately licensed one found). |
Lepidoptera | Common blue | Zizina otis labradus | C | Needs NZ info, distribution, ecology. Have added one photo to wikicommons. |
Coleoptera | Manuka beetle | Pyronota festiva | C | Poor student essay; refs, more photos. Added more photos to Wikicommons. |
Hemiptera | Chorus cicada | Amphipsalta zelandica | Stub | Needs an edit, more pics, cleanup |
Hymenoptera | Sphecoid wasp | Rhopalum perforator | Stub | Expansion needed. |
Lepidoptera | Carpet moth | Xanthorhoe bulbulata | Stub | Expansion needed. More refs. |
Coleoptera | Huhu beetle | Prionoplus reticularis | Stub | Needs good refs, photos, much expansion – the most-viewed NZ beetle page, 1338 views/month! |
Lepidoptera | Puriri moth | Aenetus virescens | Stub | Expand, more photos (esp. larva, burrows) |
Mantodea | New Zealand praying mantis | Orthodera novaezealandiae | Start | Rewrite, fix refs, more on NZ vs introduced S African sp |
Lepidoptera | Lichen moth | Declana atronivea | Start | Just some expansion to get to A-class |
Hemiptera | Australasian shield bug | Glaucias amyoti | Stub | Needs photos and much expansion |
Hymenoptera | Southern ant | Monomorium antarcticum | Stub | More pics, refs, expansion |
Hymenoptera | Striated ant | Huberia striata | Stub | Needs expansion. |
Hymenoptera | Ant | Pachycondyla castaneicolor | Stub | Actually Austroponera? Needs more info. |
Hemiptera | Water boatman | Sigara arguta | Stub | Expansion needed. More references. |
Odonata | Red damselfly | Xanthocnemis zealandica | Stub | Better refs and nice photos. Added some more photos to Wikicommons, more also available here |
Coleoptera | Diving beetle | Rhantus plantaris | Stub | Was moved in April 2017 to Carabdytes: |
Diptera | New Zealand mosquito | Culiseta novaezealandiae | Stub | Difficulty finding images. |
Coleoptera | New Zealand dung beetle | Saphobius inflatipes | Stub | see Canthonini. Difficulty finding images. |
Neuroptera | Antlion lacewing | Weeleus acutus | Stub | Needs expansion. More images. More refs. |
Lepidoptera | New Zealand jaw moth | Sabatinca aurella | Stub | Currently in Micropardalis aurella so could be moved. Better photo! |
Hymenoptera | Lemon tree borer parasite | Xanthocryptus novozealandicus | Stub | Could be expanded to Start |
Orthoptera | Tree wētā | Hemideina thoracica | Stub | Ridiculously, masses of wētā are missing! See Tree weta. Needs expansion. |
Coleoptera | Tiger beetle | Cicindela | C | Has the subg. Cicindela (Neocicindela) been raised to genus Neocicindela? One NZ article Cicindela tuberculata - should this be Neocicindela tuberculata now? See Larochelle and Larivière 2013, 2016 |
Coleoptera | Squeaking longhorn | Hexatricha pulverulenta | Stub | Need more references, ecology, photos |
Coleoptera | Ant-like leaf beetle | Xylophilus luniger | To create: check Xylophilus genus. Need to confirm current name before creating. Is it now Aderus luniger [1], [2] | |
Blattodea | Native bush cockroach | Celatoblatta | Stub | Expansion & images needed. No species articles yet. C. vulgaris is the most common NZ species. |
Megaloptera | Dobsonfly | Archichauliodes diversus | Start | General cleanup, larva photo |
Hemiptera | Spittle bug | Carystoterpa fingens | Stub | Needs expanding. Needs images. Several images have been added to Wikicommons. |
Coleoptera | Ground beetle | Ctenognathus | Stub | No species pages created. |
Hymenoptera | Native bee | Leioproctus fulvescens | Stub | Just some expansion to get to start. More refs. |
Diptera | West coast black fly | Austrosimulium ungulatum | Stub | Having difficulty finding images. Expansion needed. |
Phasmatodea | New Zealand stick insect | Clitarchus hookeri | Stub | Expand, more photos. |
Coleoptera | Helms' stag beetle | Geodorcus helmsi | C | Needs expansion to get to A class |
Diptera | Green soldier fly | Beris | Stub | General expansion. Add citations. Image |
Odonata | New Zealand bush giant dragonfly | Uropetala carovei | Start | Expansion needed. More pics. |
Lepidoptera | Kūmara moth | Agrius convolvuli | Start | Expand. |
Dermaptera | Seashore earwig | Anisolabis littorea | Stub | Expand. Needs images. |
Hemiptera | Sooty beech scale insect | Ultracoelostoma assimile | Stub | Expand. One CC BY image in iNaturalist but blurry. Need images. |
Hymenoptera | Masked bee | Hylaeus agilis | Stub | General expansion and photos |
Orthoptera | Alpine grasshopper | Sigaus australis | Start | Expand. Type info section needed in prose. |
Diptera | Three-lined hover fly | Helophilus seelandicus | Stub | Expand. Needs images. |
Diptera | Kelp fly | Chaetocoelopa littoralis | Stub | Expand. Having difficulty finding images. |
Diptera | Fungus gnat/Glow worm | Arachnocampa luminosa | Start | Expand, more citations, pics. Taxonomy. |
Ephemeroptera | Swimming mayfly | Nesameletus ornatus | Stub | Needs significant expanding and images. |
Coleoptera | Canterbury knobbled weevil | Hadramphus tuberculatus | Stub | Expand, more photos (Ambrosia10 can't find any), see see see |
Coleoptera | Black spined weevil | Scolopterus | Stub | Scolopterus penicillatus exists |
Orthoptera | Cave wētā | Pachyrhamma | Stub | More info, pics, create species pages |
Hymenoptera | Spider wasp | Sphictostethus nitidus | Start | Cleanup, break into sections, more info. Pics |
Coleoptera | Giraffe weevil | Lasiorhynchus barbicornis | C | Check for any other recent literature |
See also Guide to species names at Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards, including a link to a PDF document containing lists, in two different sort orders, of the scientific and common names.
Twenty-one people took part in the workshop, and three remotely, making 433 edits in total. Most worked on the list above, but in addition the following pages were created:
The following pages were improved:
And images were added to Commons for the following:
Many thanks for Chrissie Painting and Leilani Walker for hosting this edit-a-thon, to Emma Scheltema for her gorgeous artwork, and to the Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity at the University of Auckland for funding and support. This event wouldn't exist without the Entomological Society of New Zealand backing the Insects of New Zealand Playing Cards project.