''Pallidoplectron'' is a genus of cave
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 ...
in the
family
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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 trea ...
,
endemic
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to
New Zealand
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.
Species
* ''
Pallidoplectron peniculosum''
Richards, 1960
* ''
Pallidoplectron subterraneum''
Richards, 1965
* ''
Pallidoplectron turneri''
Richards, 1958b
References
Peripatus
Ensifera genera
Cave wētā
Endemic insects of New Zealand
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