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Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893

Nomenclature (14)

  • Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893: 302.

    Holotype; male; MHNG MHNG ARTO-24289.; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); New Zealand: Canterbury: Canterbury, Mt. Cook region

  • Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893 in Hutton, 1896: 239.
  • Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893 in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2022: 20.
  • Pharmacus dumbletoni Richards, 1972 (subjective synonym of Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1893) in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2022: 20.

References (12)

  • 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
  • Hutton, F.W. (1904) Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae. Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae.
  • 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
  • Dumbleton, L.J. (1935) The alpine weta. New Zealand Alpine Journal, 6(22), 172.
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Dumbleton, L.J. (1952) Notes on insects. New Zealand Entomologist, 1(2), 14–15. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto01_2_1952/Volume%201-2-14-15.pdf
  • Miller, D. (1971) Common Insects New Zealand: Vol. xix + 178 pp. New Zealand.
  • 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
  • Johns, P.M. (1977) The biology of the terrestrial fauna. In Cass: History and Science in the Cass District, Canterbury New Zealand. Department of Botany, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 311–328 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • 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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