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Hemiandrus sterope Trewick, Taylor Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2021

Nomenclature (2)

  • Hemiandrus sterope Trewick, Taylor Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2021

    Holotype; female; NMNZ AI.041947; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Marlborough: Marlborough, Kenepuru Sound, near Manaroa

  • Hemiandrus sterope Trewick, Taylor Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2021 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2026

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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
  • Trewick, S.A., Taylor Smith, B.L. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2021) Ecology and systematics of the wine wētā and allied species, with description of four new Hemiandrus species. New Zealand J. Zool., 48(1), 47–80.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Sterope (lightning), one of the Pleiades sisters. The males of this species produce the most rapid premating drumming of all studied species of this genus.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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