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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 5: 19 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.5.3
Page range: 531-546
Abstract views: 3
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Two new genera of tokoriro (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae) from Aotearoa New Zealand

Wildlife & Ecology; Massey University; Private Bag 11-222; Palmerston North; New Zealand
Orthoptera Cave wētā Camel cricket Biodiversity West Coast Rakiura Wet forest

Abstract

Two new genera and three new species of forest inhabiting Macropathinae (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) are described from Aotearoa New Zealand. Crux Trewick gen. nov. is described with two new species, Crux boudica sp. nov. from Rakiura Stewart Island and southwest South Island and Crux heggi sp. nov. from northwest South Island. The monotypic genus Occultastella Trewick gen. nov. is represented by Occultastella morgani sp. nov. from northwest South Island.

 

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