Invertebrate survey of a modified native shrubland, Brookdale Covenant, Rock and Pillar Range, Otago, New Zealand

This is the first published invertebrate survey focusing on a low-altitude shrubland community in New Zealand. Invertebrates were collected from a rem nant native shrubland (450 m) protected by the Brookdale Conservation Coven ant, Rock and Pillar Range, Otago, New Zealand in late summer/autumn 1999. Sampling was carried out by beating 30 randomly chosen shrubs of each of tw o native species: Olearia bullata H. D. Wilson & Garnock-Jones (Asteraceae) and Coprosma propinqua A. Cunn. (Rubiaceae). Fifty pitfall traps were also set under the same shrubs and on nearby open patches of exotic grassland. Three Phyla, six Classes, 25 Orders and approximately 280 species were reco rded. An annotated list of taxa is presented, and plant/host associations p lus other observations on the fauna are discussed. Approximately 90% of the identified species were endemic, emphasising the importance of such remnan t habitats for the protection of New Zealand's biodiversity.