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Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869

CollectionObject 1516705; 8cb83b14-7f62-40cf-98c1-38e658e95edd, NHMUK012505203: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516705; 8cb83b14-7f62-40cf-98c1-38e658e95edd, NHMUK012505203: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516705; 8cb83b14-7f62-40cf-98c1-38e658e95edd, NHMUK012505203: Pachyrhamma edwardsii (Scudder, 1869). female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516705; 8cb83b14-7f62-40cf-98c1-38e658e95edd, NHMUK012505203: Pachyrhamma edwardsii (Scudder, 1869). female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2067025; 5b9948ed-c3a0-45d1-aff5-ec2735102fbb, NHMUK012505204: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2067025; 5b9948ed-c3a0-45d1-aff5-ec2735102fbb, NHMUK012505204: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2067025; 5b9948ed-c3a0-45d1-aff5-ec2735102fbb, NHMUK012505204: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869: 206. (valid)
  • Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 in Hutton, 1896: 239.
  • Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 in Allegrucci, Trewick, Fortunato, Carchini & Sbordoni, 2010
  • Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2022: 4, 5, 22.

References (14)

  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich
  • Hutton, F.W. (1896) The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 29, 208–242. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_29/rsnz_29_00_001070.html
  • 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
  • Richards, A.M. (1954) Notes on behaviour and parasitisim in Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82, 821–822. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_009430.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1954) Notes on food and cannibalism in Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82, 733–737. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008600.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1954) The systematics and ecology of the genus Macropathus Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82, 739–762. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008650.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1955) The anatomy and morphology of the cave-orthopteran Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 83, 405–452. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_006820.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1958) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part II. The genus Macropathus Walker in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Collection. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 85, 465–470. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_85/rsnz_85_03_004110.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1961) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. DC. The genus Gymnoplectron Hutton 1897. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(24), 323–326.
  • Richards, A.M. (1961) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. X. Three new species of the genus Gymnoplectron Hutton 1897 from Rotorua. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(23), 311–322. Available at https://bugz.ento.org.nz/detail/a453efaa-e873-4106-b57b-998db7cc8988
  • Mesa, A. & Mesa, R.S. (1971) Citologia y evolución en Macropathinae (Orthoptera-Gryllacridoidea-Rhaphidophoridae). Revista Peruana de Entomología, 14(2), 220–224.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Allegrucci, G., Trewick, S.A., Fortunato, A., Carchini, G. & Sbordoni, V. (2010) Cave crickets and cave weta (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from the southern end of the world: a molecular phylogeny test of biogeographical hypotheses. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(1), 121–130. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0118
  • 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

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