Cyparium thorpei is a species of rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae.

B. Leschen in 2003, based on a holotype collected by Stephen E. Thorpe in March 2002 in association with Nothofagus forest, in the vicinity of Whakapapa Village in the central North Island.

[3][4] Löbl and Leschen named the species after Thorpe.

[3][5] C. thorpei has an elongate body coloured uniformly black or reddish-black, and measures between 3.05–3.15 mm (0.120–0.124 in).

[3] The species is endemic to New Zealand, known to occur in the Northland Region and the central North Island.