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Pachyrhamma waitomoense Richards, 1958

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pachyrhamma waitomoensis Richards, 1958: 697, 702.

    Holotype; male; 2cca93a3-d99e-4dec-b17b-4fd305e95cb2; deposited at: Auckland Institute and Museum (AIM); New Zealand: Waikato: Waitomo, Aranui Cave

  • Pachyrhamma waitomoensis Richards, 1958 in Richards, 1961: 121.
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  • Pachyrhamma waitomoensis Richards, 1958 in Fea & Holwell, 2018
  • Pachyrhamma waitomoense Richards, 1958 in Trewick, Hegg, Morgan-Richards, Murray, Watts, Johns & Michel, 2022: 21.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Early, J.W. & Gilbert, R.F. (1993) Primary types of terrestrial and freshwater Protista, Annelida and Arthropoda in the Auckland Institute and Museum: an annotated list. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus., 30, 49–86.
  • Fea, M. & Holwell, G.I. (2018) Exaggerated male legs increase mating success by reducing disturbance to females in the cave wētā Pachyrhamma waitomoensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
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  • Richards, A.M. (1958) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part III. The genera Pachyrhamma Brunner and Pallidoplectron n. g. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 85(4), 695–706. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_85/rsnz_85_04_007710.html
  • 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
  • Richards, A.M. (1961) The life history of some species of Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(9), 121–137. Available at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TRSZOO19610916.2.2
  • Richards, A.M. (1968) The cavernicolous status of some species of Macropathinae (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 7, 87–89.
  • Trewick, S.A., Hegg, D., Morgan-Richards, M., Murray, T.J., Watts, C., Johns, P.M. & Michel, P. (2022) Conservation status of Orthoptera (wētā, crickets and grasshoppers) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022. Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai, 1–28 pp. Available at https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs39entire.pdf

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Named after the type locality Waitomo.

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