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Neonetus Huttoni
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Species * '' Neonetus huttoni'' Chopard, 1923 * '' Neonetus pilosus'' (Hutton, 1904) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neonetus Distribution GIF
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family (biology), family Rhaphidophoridae, endemism, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand. Species * ''Neonetus huttoni'' Chopard, 1923 * ''Neonetus pilosus'' (Hutton, 1904) * ''Neonetus poduroides, Talitropsis/Neonetus poduroides'' (Walker, 1869) * ''Neonetus variegatus'' Brunner, 1888 References Peripatus {{DEFAULTSORT:Neonetus Ensifera genera Cave weta ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Endemism
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] |
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest island. The world's 28th-most-populous island, Te Ika-a-Māui has a population of accounting for approximately % of the total residents of New Zealand. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neonetus Huttoni
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Species * '' Neonetus huttoni'' Chopard, 1923 * '' Neonetus pilosus'' (Hutton, 1904) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neonetus Pilosus
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand. Species * ''Neonetus huttoni ''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in nativ ...'' Chopard, 1923 * '' Neonetus pilosus'' (Hutton, 1904) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neonetus Poduroides
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand. Species * ''Neonetus huttoni'' Chopard, 1923 * ''Neonetus pilosus ''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in nativ ...'' (Hutton, 1904) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neonetus Variegatus
''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked. Taxonomy The genus ''Neonetus'' was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. Biology ''Neonetus'' are active at night when they are vulnerable to becoming food for rats and kiwi. Distribution Current observational data suggests that ''Neonetus'' is restricted to the North Island of New Zealand. Species * ''Neonetus huttoni'' Chopard, 1923 * ''Neonetus pilosus ''Neonetus'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. ''Neonetus variegatus'' and ''N. huttoni'' are common in nativ ...'' (Hutton, 1904) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensifera Genera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants. ''Ensifer'' is Latin for "sword bearer", and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. Characteristics Characteristics shared by the two orthopteran suborders, Caelifera and Ensifera, are the mouthparts adapted for biting and chewing, the modified prothorax, the hind legs modified for jumping, the wing shape and venation, and the sound-producing stridu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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