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Hemiandrus maia Taylor Smith, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2013

Otago Ground Weta

Nomenclature (2)

  • Hemiandrus maia Taylor Smith, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2013

    Holotype; male; af7ab5f4-5746-493e-ba4d-7246175dc7d1; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Canterbury: North Otago, Kurinui Creek catchment

  • Hemiandrus maia Taylor Smith, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2013 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2026

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Taylor Smith, B.L., Morgan-Richards, M. & Trewick, S.A. (2013) New Zealand ground weta (Anostostomatidae: Hemiandrus): descriptions of two species with notes on their biology. New Zealand J. Zool., 40(4), 314–329.
  • Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2026) Five new species of New Zealand Hemiandrus Ander 1938 ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 53(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/njz2.70007

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From the Greek name Maia, the eldest of the Pleiades (in Greek mythology the seven daughters of Pleione and Atlas), meaning ‘mother’ or ‘good mother’. This name is given to this species to reflect the exhibited maternal care.

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