Hadramphus tuberculatus

Hadramphus tuberculatus
	Illustrated by Des Helmore
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Hadramphus
Species:	H. tuberculatus
Binomial name
	Hadramphus tuberculatus; (Pascoe, 1877)
Synonyms
	Karocolens tuberculatus Kuschel, 1987 (disputed); Lyperobius tuberculatus Pascoe, 1877;

Hadramphus tuberculatus (known as the Canterbury knobbled weevil, Spaniard weevil or Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil) is a rare weevil endemic to Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. It was thought to be extinct in 1922 but was rediscovered in 2004.

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