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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

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001