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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Micropathus Richards, 1964

Type

Micropathus tasmaniensis Richards, 1964 type species by original designation of Micropathus Richards, 1964

Nomenclature (7)

  • Micropathus Richards, 1964

    type species by original designation Micropathus tasmaniensis Richards, 1964

  • Micropathus Richards, 1964 in Richards, 1967: 273.
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  • Micropathus Richards, 1964 in Otte, 2000: 74.
  • Micropathus Richards, 1964 in Beasley-Hall & Eberhard, 2025: 241.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Beasley-Hall, P.G. & Eberhard, S.M. (2025) Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Walker, 1869, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1012. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1012.3053
  • 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.
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  • Richards, A.M. (1964) The Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of Australia I. Tasmania. Pacific Insects, 6, 217–223.
  • Richards, A.M. (1967) Notes on the biology of two species of Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) in Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 92(3), 273–278. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108670#page/305/mode/1up
  • Richards, A.M. (1968) The Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of Australia. Part 6. Two new species from northern Tasmania. Pacific Insects, 10, 167–176. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pi10-1.htm
  • Richards, A.M. (1971) The Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of Australia Part 9. The distribution and possible origins of Tasmanian Rhaphidophoridae, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Insects, 13(3-4), 575–587. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pi13-3.htm
  • Richards, A.M. (1974) The Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of Australia. Part II. New species from the Bass Strait islands and Tasmania. Pacific Insects, 16(2-3), 245–260. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pi16-2.htm

Descendants and synonyms

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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
genus1001
species7018