2016/08/07 by BL Taylor-Smith, Steven A. Trewick, Mary Morgan‐Richards · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
paper · doi:10.1080/03014223.2016.1205109
openalex publication_date 2016/08/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
ABSTRACT Taxonomy lies at the heart of species conservation, yet many large New Zealand orthopterans remain undescribed. Among New Zealand's anostostomatid wētā, Hemiandrus (ground wētā) is the most speciose genus but also the most poorly characterised and thus most in need of taxonomic and ecological work. Here we redescribe H. maculifrons and describe two new species of ground wētā previously encompassed by the specific name Hemiandrus maculifrons : Hemiandrus luna sp. nov. and H. brucei sp. nov. We also describe a morphologically similar and related species, Hemiandrus nox sp. nov. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71EA0879‐A2F9‐46B2‐A105‐E97A9AB25061 http://zoobank.org/References/71EA0879‐A2F9‐46B2‐A105‐E97A9AB25061