Dendroplectron
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| Dendroplectron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Dendroplectron Richards, 1964 |
| Species: | D. aucklandensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendroplectron aucklandensis Richards, 1964
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Dendroplectron aucklandensis[1] the Auckland Island wētā,[2] is a cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, the only member of the genus Dendroplectron.[3] It is endemic to the subantarctic Auckland Islands of New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ "species Dendroplectron aucklandensis Richards, 1964: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Richards, Aola (1964). "Insects of Campbell Island Orthothera: Rhaphidophoridae of Auckland and Campbell Islands". Pacific Insects Monograph: 216–225.
- ^ "Dendroplectron". wetageta.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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