Biodiversity of Invertebrates and Threatened Species in New Zealand

There is a diverse and peculiar biodiversity of invertebrates which play a vital role in maintaining native bird populations in New Zealand.The current biodiversity and threatened species of invertebrates in New Zealand were briefly reviewed in the present paper.There are 31 species of invertebrates included in the list of the most threatened invertebrates(18 species for insects,1 species for mite,1 species for annelid and 11 speices for molluscs).The main threats of invertebrates facing today are human activities,destroy of habitats and invasive alien species.