Weta (genus)
In 1923 Chopard described Weta, a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. In 2019 this genus was synonymised with the genus Pleioplectron[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Macropathinae |
| Genus: | Weta |
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Species
- Pleioplectron thomsoni Chopard, 1923
- Talitropsis chopardi Karny, 1937
References
- Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steven 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. 0 (577). doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.577. ISSN 2118-9773.
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