''Talitropsis'' 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
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 foun ...
to
New Zealand
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, and containing six described species.
Two ''Talitropsis'' species are found only on the
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 approxima ...
.
Species
* ''
Talitropsis chopardi''
(Karny, 1937)
* ''
Talitropsis crassicruris''
Hutton, 1897
* ''
Talitropsis irregularis''
Hutton, 1897
* ''
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
* ...
''
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
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