Maotoweta virescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhaphidophoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Ensifera Superfamilia: Rhaphidophoroidea

Familia: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamilia: Macropathinae
Genus: Maotoweta
Species: Maotoweta virescens

Name

Maotoweta virescens Johns & Cook, 2014: 12

• Original genus: Maotoweta Johns & Cook, 2014
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: CMNZ
• Type locality: 'Princhester Creek - Bog Creek forest, Takitimu Mountains, Southland, New Zealand. (167° 57.197’, 45° 35.735’)'
• ZooBank: 2881D8D9-F7C3-4EED-A870-83D6D892FD24
• NOTE: Also originally spelled as Maotoweta viridescens, once, in Table 1 on p. 16

References

• Johns, P.M. & Cook, L.D. 2014. Maotoweta virescens new genus and new species; hidden in a moss forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). Records of the Canterbury Museum 27: 11–17. Full volume (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 12, and figs. 1-5]