Species
Isoplectron pallidum (Richards, 1972)
Nomenclature (3)
- Setascutum pallidum Richards, 1972: 165.
Holotype; female; e41ed396-0bc2-401e-a4e4-b7c725873652; deposited at: Lincoln Plant Health Station (PCNZ); New Zealand: Otago: Old Man Range
- Setascutum pallidum Richards, 1972 in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2022: 4, 5.
- Isoplectron pallidum (Richards, 1972) in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024: 39.
References (3)
- Hegg, D., Morgan-Richards, M. & Trewick, S.A. (2022) High alpine sorcerers: revision of the cave wētā genus Pharmacus Pictet & de Saussure (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the description of six new species and three new subspecies. European Journal of Taxonomy, 808, 1–58. Available at http://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1721
- 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
- Richards, A.M. (1972) Revision of the Rhaphidiophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part 14. Three alpine genera from the South Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(2), 157–174. Available at https://bugz.ento.org.nz/detail/aa127a83-8750-47ed-a12c-726f8ba3e23b
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named by Richards (1972) because of the pale coloration of the single specimen she examined. The name is somewhat misleading within this genus (Hegg et al. 2024).
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |