species
Praecantrix silvatica Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- Praecantrix silvatica Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024: 57.
Holotype; male; NMNZ AI.071900; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ); New Zealand: Tasman: Mount Arthur Tablelands
Nomenclature 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 insect is exclusively a forest dweller.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |