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genus

Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896

Type

Pleioplectron simplex Hutton, 1896 type species by subsequent designation of Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896

Nomenclature (22)

  • Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896: 224, 228, 232. (valid)

    type species by subsequent designation Pleioplectron simplex Hutton, 1896 in Kirby, 1906

  • Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896 in Kirby, 1906: 138.
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  • Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896 in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2019: 10.
  • Weta Chopard, 1923 (subjective synonym of Pleioplectron Hutton, 1896) in Hegg, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2019: 10.

Nomenclature references (16)

  • Beier, M. (1972) Saltatoria (Grillen und Heuschrecken). In Handbuch der Zoologie: Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig. Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2–217 pp.
  • Chopard, L. (1923) On some New Zealand cave Orthoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54, 230–239. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_54/rsnz_54_00_002110.html
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  • Chopard, L. (1944) Description de deux Stenopelmatides cavernicoles d'Australie (Orth. Gryllacridae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 49, 52–55. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1944_num_49_4_15753
  • Hegg, D., Morgan-Richards, M. & Trewick, S.A. (2019) Diversity and distribution of Pleioplectron Hutton cave wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the synonymy of Weta Chopard and the description of seven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 577, 1–46. Available at http://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/803
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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. (1959) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part V. The genus Pleioplectron Hutton, 1897. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 87, 319–327. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_87/rsnz_87_03_003300.html
  • Richards, A.M. (1959) Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part VI. A new species belonging to the genus Pachyrhamma Brunner, 1888. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 87, 329–332. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_87/rsnz_87_03_003400.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
  • 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
  • Salmon, J.T. (1955) Tuatara, 6.
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