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Announcement
As of December 2025, the SoilBugs site is archived and no longer updated. The archived site is hosted by Massey University, New Zealand.
Acknowledgements
The Guide to NZ Soil and Litter Invertebrates
was supported by the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (TFBIS) Programme. The TFBIS Programme was funded by the New Zealand
Government to help to achieve the goals of the New Zealand
Biodiversity Strategy, and was administered by the New Zealand
Department of Conservation.
The following researchers and students
have contributed their expertise and help: Dr. Gary Barker
(NZ Landcare Research, Hamilton), Ms. Jessica Costall (Massey
University, NZ), Dr. Penelope Greenslade (Biosecurity Australia),
Dr. Hugh Jones (NHM, UK), Dr. Peter Johns (Canterbury Museum,
NZ), Dr. Steve Kerr (University of Otago, NZ), Adj. Prof.
Dr. Gabor L Lovei (Aarhus University, Denmark), Dr. Jay
McCartney (Massey University, NZ), Dr. Robert Mesibov (University
of Tasmania), Dr. Robert Raven (Queensland Museum, Australia),
Prof. Hilke Ruhberg (Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches
Museum, Germany), Dr. Ian Stringer (NZ Department of Conservation),
Dr. Sebastián Vélez (Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Harvard University, USA), Dr. Cor Vink (AgResearch,
Lincoln, NZ), Dr. Gregor Yeates (NZ Landcare Research, Palmerston
North). The site is maintained by Dr. Maria Minor (Massey
University, NZ).
Links and Resources
Links to other websites are
provided for the reference only. We are not responsible
for the content or reliability of the linked websites.
We cannot guarantee that links to other websites will work
all of the time and we have no control over the availability
of linked pages. Since the site is archived and no longer updated, we expect that over time linked pages will stop to work.
How to cite this site
For the entire site:
Minor, M.A., and A.W. Robertson. (2006).
Soil Bugs - An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil
Invertebrates (updated 25-Nov-2025), http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz
(27-Nov-2025 - substitute your own date of access).
For individual pages (for example, Diplopoda page):
Minor, M.A., and A.W. Robertson. (2006).
Diplopoda. Soil Bugs - An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand
Soil Invertebrates (updated 25-Nov-2025), http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz
(your date of access).
Please contact us at soilbugs@massey.ac.nz with any queries, concerns, and for further information.
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