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Isoplectron
''Isoplectron'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognized. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout the country. Taxonomy and morphology The genus ''Isoplectron'' was described by Hutton in 1896. All species in this genus are small in size (10-17mm body length) and are commonly misidentified as a result of increased undescribed species. The fore femora of the ''Isoplectron'' does not contain apical spines, in addition, the hind tibiae models two pairs of apical spines. Adult females have a broad bilobed subgenital plate while males have a triangular shape. Multiple species are undescribed and are not able to reflect the fauna presently however, descriptions relating to ''Isoplectron armatum, Isoplectron calcaratum'' and ''Isoplectron aciculatum'' have been made. ''Isoplectron armatum'' ''Isoplectron armatum'' are the most commonly observed species of ''Isoplectron''. They are found across New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoplectron Armatum
''Isoplectron'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognized. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout the country. Taxonomy and morphology The genus ''Isoplectron'' was described by Hutton in 1896. All species in this genus are small in size (10-17mm body length) and are commonly misidentified as a result of increased undescribed species. The fore femora of the ''Isoplectron'' does not contain apical spines, in addition, the hind tibiae models two pairs of apical spines. Adult females have a broad bilobed subgenital plate while males have a triangular shape. Multiple species are undescribed and are not able to reflect the fauna presently however, descriptions relating to ''Isoplectron armatum, Isoplectron calcaratum'' and ''Isoplectron aciculatum'' have been made. ''Isoplectron armatum'' ''Isoplectron armatum'' are the most commonly observed species of ''Isoplectron''. They are found across New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoplectron Distribution Map
''Isoplectron'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognized. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout the country. Taxonomy and morphology The genus ''Isoplectron'' was described by Hutton in 1896. All species in this genus are small in size (10-17mm body length) and are commonly misidentified as a result of increased undescribed species. The fore femora of the ''Isoplectron'' does not contain apical spines, in addition, the hind tibiae models two pairs of apical spines. Adult females have a broad bilobed subgenital plate while males have a triangular shape. Multiple species are undescribed and are not able to reflect the fauna presently however, descriptions relating to ''Isoplectron armatum, Isoplectron calcaratum'' and ''Isoplectron aciculatum'' have been made. ''Isoplectron armatum'' ''Isoplectron armatum'' are the most commonly observed species of ''Isoplectron''. They are found across New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoplectron Calcaratum
''Isoplectron'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognized. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout the country. Taxonomy and morphology The genus ''Isoplectron'' was described by Hutton in 1896. All species in this genus are small in size (10-17mm body length) and are commonly misidentified as a result of increased undescribed species. The fore femora of the ''Isoplectron'' does not contain apical spines, in addition, the hind tibiae models two pairs of apical spines. Adult females have a broad bilobed subgenital plate while males have a triangular shape. Multiple species are undescribed and are not able to reflect the fauna presently however, descriptions relating to ''Isoplectron armatum, Isoplectron calcaratum'' and ''Isoplectron aciculatum'' have been made. ''Isoplectron armatum'' ''Isoplectron armatum'' are the most commonly observed species of ''Isoplectron''. They are found across New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoplectron Aciculatum
''Isoplectron'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognized. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout the country. Taxonomy and morphology The genus ''Isoplectron'' was described by Hutton in 1896. All species in this genus are small in size (10-17mm body length) and are commonly misidentified as a result of increased undescribed species. The fore femora of the ''Isoplectron'' does not contain apical spines, in addition, the hind tibiae models two pairs of apical spines. Adult females have a broad bilobed subgenital plate while males have a triangular shape. Multiple species are undescribed and are not able to reflect the fauna presently however, descriptions relating to ''Isoplectron armatum, Isoplectron calcaratum'' and ''Isoplectron aciculatum'' have been made. ''Isoplectron armatum'' ''Isoplectron armatum'' are the most commonly observed species of ''Isoplectron''. They are found across New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cave Weta
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or "sprickets",) and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described. The well-known field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form. Description Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wētā
Wētā (also spelt weta) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some are among the heaviest insects in the world. Generally nocturnal, most small species are carnivores and scavengers while the larger species are herbivorous. Wētā are preyed on by introduced mammals, and some species are now critically endangered. Name Wētā is a loanword, from the Māori-language word ''wētā'', which refers to this whole group of large insects; some types of wētā have a specific Māori name. In New Zealand English, it is spelled either "weta" or "wētā", although the form with macrons is increasingly common in formal writing, as the Māori word ''weta'' (without macrons) instead means "filth or excrement". General characteristics Many wētā are large by insect standards and some species are among the largest and heaviest in the world. Their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hutton (scientist)
Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton (16 November 1836 – 27 October 1905) was an English-New Zealand scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand. An army officer in early life, he then had an academic career in geology and biology. He became one of the most able and prolific nineteenth century naturalists of New Zealand. Biography Hutton was born in Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, England, the son of the Rev. Henry Frederick Hutton and his wife Louisa Wollaston, daughter of the Rev. Henry John Wollaston. He passed through Southwell grammar school and the Naval Academy at Gosport, Hampshire. He studied applied science at King's College London before being commissioned in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and fighting in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Hutton returned to England in 1860, and continued to study geology at Sandhurst, being elected to the Geological Society of London in the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphidophoridae
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or "sprickets",) and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antenna (biology), antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described. The well-known Gryllidae, field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form. Description Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The city has a rich Scottish, Chinese and Māori heritage. With an estimated population of as of , Dunedin is both New Zealand's seventh-most populous metro and urban area. For historic, cultural and geographic reasons the city has long been considered one of New Zealand's four main centres. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour, and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aola Richards
Dr Aola Mary Richards (16 December 1927 – 2 November 2021) was a New Zealand entomologist specialising in the study of New Zealand and Australian cave crickets, or wētā (Rhaphidophoridae), and Australian ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae). She was the first New Zealand woman to gain a PhD in biology. Early life Richards was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She was the only child of Hinemoa C C Hopkins, a lawyer, and David James Richard, a university mathematics professor from Wales. Richards' parents were married for only a few years before separating. Richards attended Queen Margaret's College then Samuel Marsden Collegiate School for Girls in Wellington. She gained First Class MSc in Zoology in 1954 from the University of New Zealand. Richards was then awarded a New Zealand University research fund fellowship, and in 1958 she became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a PhD in biological science. Career Richards worked at the Plant Diseases Division of the New Zealand D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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