Turbottoplectron
Turbottoplectron unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Genus: Turbottoplectron
Salmon, 1948
Species

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Turbottoplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Cook et al (2010) found that Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron are synonymised with Pachyrhamma.[1]

Species

  • Turbottoplectron cavernae (Hutton, 1897)
  • Turbottoplectron unicolor Salmon, 1948

References

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  1. 1 2 Cook, Lorraine D.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Johns, Peter M. (2010). "Status of the New Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera Pachyrhamma, Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron". Invertebrate Systematics. 24 (2): 131. doi:10.1071/IS09047. ISSN 1445-5226.


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