Biology:Dendroplectron

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Short description: Genus of orthopteran insects

Dendroplectron
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dendroplectron
Richards, 1964
Species:
D. aucklandensis
Binomial name
Dendroplectron aucklandensis
Richards, 1964

Dendroplectron aucklandensis[1] the Auckland Island wētā,[2] is a cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, the only member of the genus Dendroplectron.[3] It is endemic to the subantarctic Auckland Islands of New Zealand.

References

  1. "species Dendroplectron aucklandensis Richards, 1964: Orthoptera Species File". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1130465. 
  2. Richards, Aola (1964). "Insects of Campbell Island Orthothera: Rhaphidophoridae of Auckland and Campbell Islands". Pacific Insects Monograph: 216–225. 
  3. "Dendroplectron". http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text%20files/DENDROPLECTRON2014.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5256816 entry