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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970

Type

Insulanoplectron spinosum Richards, 1970 type species by original designation of Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970

Nomenclature (5)

  • Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970: 866.

    type species by original designation Insulanoplectron spinosum Richards, 1970

  • Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970 in Richards, 1974: 498.
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  • Insulaplectron [sic] Richards, 1970 (misspelling of Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970) in Otte, 2000: 73.
  • Insulanoplectron Richards, 1970 in Hegg, Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2026: 6.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hegg, D., Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2026) A new species of tokoriro in the genus Insulanoplectron Richards (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from Rakiura/Stewart Island. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 53(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/njz2.70008
  • Otte, D. (2000) Orthoptera Species File 8. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 97 pp.
  • Richards, A.M. (1970) Revision of the Raphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part 14. A new genus from the Snares Islands. Pacific Insects, 12(4), 865–869. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/12%284%29-865.pdf
  • Richards, A.M. (1974) Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. 7. Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae. New Zealand J. Zool., 1(4), 495–499. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1974.9517849#preview

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Insulanoplectron means ‘island tokoriro.’ When Hutton (1896) designated the genera Isoplectron and Pleioplectron he most likely used the Greek word plectron to refer to the dorsal spines on the hind tibiae (Hegg et al. 2019; Hegg et al. 2024). Richards (1964; 1970) extended the word’s meaning to include the whole insect.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species2002