''Dendroplectron aucklandensis'' the Auckland Island wētā, is a cave wētā in the

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Rhaphidophoridae, the only member of the genus ''Dendroplectron''. It is

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to the subantarctic Auckland Islands of

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Ensifera genera Fauna of the Auckland Islands Cave wētā Monotypic Orthoptera genera {{NewZealand-stub