Nomenclature (1)

  • Praecantrix silvatica lutea Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2024: 60.

    Holotype; male; NMNZ AI.071902; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ); New Zealand: Otago: McLean Falls, Catlins Forest

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 Latin adjective lūtĕus means yellow or orange, after the predominant colour on the insect’s dorsum.

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