Biology:Macropathus
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| Macropathus filifer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Tribe: | Macropathini |
| Genus: | Macropathus Walker, 1869 |
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Macropathus is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Macropathus are only found in New Zealand, and can be found in both the North Island and the South Island. There are yet to be any observations on the offshore islands. They live in caves,[3] and in the open, under rocks.[4]
Threats
Macropathus face the same threats as most species of wētā, predation by introduced species, and habitat destruction by humans. [5]
Species
This genus was revised a number of times[6][7] before Aola Richards examined the type material from the British Museum of Natural History (London) and clarified how if differs from the genus Pachyrhamma.[1][8] Genetic data suggests that Macropathus filifer is sister to New Zealand and Tasmanian and Falkland Island species.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richards, Aola M. (1958). "Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part II. The Genus Macropathus Walker in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Collection.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 85: 465–470. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1957-85.2.9.12.
- ↑ "Macropathus Observations" (in en). https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=6803&taxon_id=85139.
- ↑ Richards, Aola M. (1972). "Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part XIV. Three alpine genera from the South Island". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1080/03036758.1972.10429371. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ↑ HUTTON, F. W. (1989). "A Case of Inherited Instinct". Nature 58 (1505): 411. doi:10.1038/058411b0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ↑ "Wētā" (in en-nz). https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/invertebrates/weta/.
- ↑ Hutton, F. W. (1897). "The Stenopelmatidae of New Zealand". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 29: 208–242.
- ↑ Richards, Aola M. (1954). "The Systematics and Ecology of the Genus Macropathus Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae).". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 739–762. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1954-82.2.9.14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Richards, Aola M. (1954). "Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part XIV. Three alpine genera from the South Island". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1080/03036758.1972.10429371. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ↑ Allegrucci, Giuliana; Sbordoni, Valerio (2019-09-01). "Insights into the molecular phylogeny of Rhaphidophoridae, an ancient, worldwide lineage of Orthoptera" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 138: 126–138. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.032. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 31132518. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318308066.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Wetas". 2007-04-16. http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Taxa/Arthropoda/Wetas.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q6725495 entry
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