species
Praecantrix saxicola Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- Praecantrix saxicola Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024: 61.
Holotype; male, adult; NMNZ AI.071904; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ); New Zealand: Canterbury: Mount Wakefield, Aoraki, Mount Cook National Park
References (1)
- Hegg, D., Morgan-Richards, M. & Trewick, S.A. (2024) Revision of the New Zealand cave wētā genus Isoplectron Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), with synonymy of Petrotettix Richards and Setascutum Richards, and the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy, 971, 1–75. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.971.2761
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The Latin noun saxum means stone or rock. The insect is a dweller of stony places.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |