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CollectionObject 2069339; 6d886fd4-0cc0-4dc6-b03c-dd3e5b92b455, NHMUK012505201: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069339; 6d886fd4-0cc0-4dc6-b03c-dd3e5b92b455, NHMUK012505201: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069339; 6d886fd4-0cc0-4dc6-b03c-dd3e5b92b455, NHMUK012505201: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069339; 6d886fd4-0cc0-4dc6-b03c-dd3e5b92b455, NHMUK012505201: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069340; NHMUK012505202, 79b576c3-9a46-4e93-bc1a-93573782c939: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069340; NHMUK012505202, 79b576c3-9a46-4e93-bc1a-93573782c939: female, dorsal vew (paralectptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2069340; NHMUK012505202, 79b576c3-9a46-4e93-bc1a-93573782c939: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Pleioplectron cavernae Hutton, 1900: 21.
  • Pleioplectron cavernae Hutton, 1900 in Kirby, 1906: 138.
  • Turbottoplectron cavernae (Hutton, 1900) in Moeed & Meads, 1985: 33.
  • Pachyrhamma cavernae (Hutton, 1900) in Trewick, Hegg, Morgan-Richards, Murray, Watts, Johns & Michel, 2022: 21.

References (10)

  • Chopard, L. (1923) On some New Zealand cave Orthoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54, 230–239. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_54/rsnz_54_00_002110.html
  • Hutton, F.W. (1900) Notes on some New Zealand Orthoptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 32, 19–21. [1899] Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_32/rsnz_32_00_000750.html
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44, 45–198. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_44_0045-0198.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Mesa, A. & Mesa, R.S. (1971) Citologia y evolución en Macropathinae (Orthoptera-Gryllacridoidea-Rhaphidophoridae). Revista Peruana de Entomología, 14(2), 220–224.
  • Moeed, A. & Meads, M.J. (1985) Seasonality of pitfall trapped invertebrates in three types of native forest, Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand J. Zool., 12, 17–53.
  • Richards, A.M. (1959) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part V. The genus Pleioplectron Hutton, 1897. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 87, 319–327. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_87/rsnz_87_03_003300.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1961) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part VIII. The species Turbottoplectron cavernae (Hutton), 1900. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(8), 113–119.
  • Trewick, S.A., Hegg, D., Morgan-Richards, M., Murray, T.J., Watts, C., Johns, P.M. & Michel, P. (2022) Conservation status of Orthoptera (wētā, crickets and grasshoppers) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022. Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai, 1–28 pp. Available at https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs39entire.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Latin caverna, cave or cavern. The holotype was collected in a small cave.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023