Biology:Weta (genus)
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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Macropathinae |
| Genus: | Pleioplectron |
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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]
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" (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy (577). doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.577. ISSN 2118-9773. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/803.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q599163 entry
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