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Talitropsis Megatibia
''Talitropsis'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family (biology), family Rhaphidophoridae, endemism, endemic to New Zealand, and containing six described species. Two ''Talitropsis'' species are found only on the Chatham Islands. Species * ''Talitropsis chopardi'' (Karny, 1937) * ''Talitropsis crassicruris'' Hutton, 1897 * ''Talitropsis irregularis'' Hutton, 1897 * ''Talitropsis megatibia'' Trewick, 1999 * ''Talitropsis poduroides'' (Walker, 1871) * ''Talitropsis sedilloti'' Bolivar, 1883 References External links PeripatusRoyal Society of New Zealand Ensifera genera Cave wētā Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar Endemic insects of New Zealand {{rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talitropsis Sedilloti
''Talitropsis sedilloti'' is a species of flightless Rhaphidophoridae, wētā, in the family Rhaphidophoridae, Rhaphidophoridae (cave crickets, cave wētā, or camel crickets), Endemism, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. This species is common in forests throughout New Zealand and during the day can be found hiding in holes in tree branches. Description Cave wētā have extra-long antennae and long, slender legs. They lack hearing organs (Tympanal organ, tympana), but they are sensitive to ground vibrations, this is enabled by pads on their feet. Specialised hairs on the cerci and organs on the antennae are also good at capture of low frequency vibrations in the air. ''Talitropsis sedilloti'' adults range from about 14mm for females to 18mm for males. Adults are a shiny, pale orange brown. Their hind tibiae have two rows of prominent spines on either side down most of the length. This feature helps distinguish them from other tokoriro (Rhaphidophoridae, cave wētā) as others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio Bolívar
Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia (; 9 November 1850 – 19 November 1944) was a Spanish natural history, naturalist and entomologist, and one of the founding fathers of Spanish entomology. He helped found the ''Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural'' (Royal Spanish Natural History Society) in 1871, and was the author of several books and of over 1000 species. He also encouraged other naturalists to study entomology, José María de la Fuente being one example. In this field he wrote more than 300 books and monographs and described more than thousand new species and about 200 Genus, genera. After the Spanish Civil War he was exiled to Mexico when the nationalist government harshly repressed Republican militants and sympathisers. Here he was made ''Doctor honoris'' of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In Mexico he was devoted mainly to entomology and founded in 1940 the journal ''Ciencia'' (Science). Scientific work His more important works include: ''Ortópteros de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wētā
Wētā (also spelled weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemism, endemic to New Zealand. They are giant wingless insect, flightless cricket (insect), crickets, and some are among the List of largest insects, heaviest insects in the world. Generally nocturnality, nocturnal, most small species are carnivores and scavengers while the larger species are herbivore, herbivorous. Although some List of endemic birds of New Zealand, endemic birds (and tuatara) likely prey on them, wētā are disproportionately preyed upon by introduced mammals, and some species are now critically endangered. Name Wētā is a loanword, from the Māori language, Māori-language word , which refers to this whole group of large insects; some types of wētā have a specific Māori name. In New Zealand English, it is spelled either "weta" or "wētā". The form with Macron (diacritic), macrons is increasingly com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphidophoridae
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders" or "sprickets"), and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antenna (biology), antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described. The well-known Gryllidae, field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form. Description Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, thin tibiae, and long, slender antennae. The antennae arise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or, in scientific literature, as an ''endemite''. Similarly, many species found in the Western ghats of India are examples of endemism. Endemism is an important concept in conservation biology for measuring biodiversity in a particular place and evaluating the risk of extinction for species. Endemism is also of interest in evolutionary biology, because it provides clues about how changes in the environment cause species to undergo range shifts (potentially expanding their range into a larger area or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands ( ; Moriori language, Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island, Pitt Island (''Rangiauria''). They include New Zealand's easternmost point, the Forty-Fours. Some of the islands, formerly cleared for farming, are now preserved as Protected areas of New Zealand, nature reserves to conservation in New Zealand, conserve some of the unique flora and fauna. The islands were uninhabited when the Moriori people arrived around 1500 CE and developed Nunuku-whenua, a peaceful way of life. In 1835, members of the Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama Māori iwi from the North Island of New Zealand invaded the islands and Moriori genocide, nearly exterminated the Moriori, slavery, enslaving the survivors. In the period of European colonisation, the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talitropsis Chopardi
''Talitropsis'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, and containing six described species. Two ''Talitropsis'' species are found only on the Chatham Islands. Species * '' Talitropsis chopardi'' (Karny, 1937) * '' Talitropsis crassicruris'' Hutton, 1897 * '' Talitropsis irregularis'' Hutton, 1897 * ''Talitropsis megatibia'' Trewick, 1999 * '' Talitropsis poduroides'' (Walker, 1871) * ''Talitropsis sedilloti ''Talitropsis sedilloti'' is a species of flightless Rhaphidophoridae, wētā, in the family Rhaphidophoridae, Rhaphidophoridae (cave crickets, cave wētā, or camel crickets), Endemism, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. This species is common in ...'' Bolivar, 1883 References External links PeripatusRoyal Society of New Zealand Ensifera genera Cave wētā Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar Endemic insects of New Zealand {{rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talitropsis Megatibia
''Talitropsis'' is a genus of cave wētā in the family (biology), family Rhaphidophoridae, endemism, endemic to New Zealand, and containing six described species. Two ''Talitropsis'' species are found only on the Chatham Islands. Species * ''Talitropsis chopardi'' (Karny, 1937) * ''Talitropsis crassicruris'' Hutton, 1897 * ''Talitropsis irregularis'' Hutton, 1897 * ''Talitropsis megatibia'' Trewick, 1999 * ''Talitropsis poduroides'' (Walker, 1871) * ''Talitropsis sedilloti'' Bolivar, 1883 References External links PeripatusRoyal Society of New Zealand Ensifera genera Cave wētā Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar Endemic insects of New Zealand {{rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
