Species
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
References (2)
- 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.
- 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:
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.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |