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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893

Type

type species by original monotypy of Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893

Nomenclature (11)

  • Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893: 301.

    type species by original monotypy Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893

  • Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893 in Hutton, 1896: 238.
  • Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893 in Otte, 2000: 76.
  • Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1893 in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2022: 19.

References (11)

  • Pictet, A. & Saussure, H.L.F.de (1893) De quelques orthoptères nouveaux. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 8, 293–318. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39731#page/363/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) On the geographical distribution of the Pacific Gryllacrids. Proceedings of the fourth Pacific Science Congress, 3, 157–172.
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) Phylogenetische und tiergeographische Erwägungen zur Systematik der Rhaphidophorinen (Orth. Fam. Gryllacridae). Archiv für klassifikatorische und phylogenetische Entomologie, 1(2), 57–76.
  • 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) Some observations on New Zealand cave-wetas. Tuatara, 9, 80–83. Available at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio09Tuat02-t1-body-d4.html
  • Mesa, A. & Mesa, R.S. (1971) Citologia y evolución en Macropathinae (Orthoptera-Gryllacridoidea-Rhaphidophoridae). Revista Peruana de Entomología, 14(2), 220–224.
  • Richards, A.M. (1972) Revision of the Rhaphidiophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part 14. Three alpine genera from the South Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(2), 157–174. Available at https://bugz.ento.org.nz/detail/aa127a83-8750-47ed-a12c-726f8ba3e23b
  • 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.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species8019
Subspecies4026