Insulanoplectron spinosum

Taxobox
name = "Insulanoplectron spinosum"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Orthoptera
subordo = Ensifera
familia = Rhaphidophoridae
genus = "Insulanoplectron"
genus_authority =
species = "I. spinosum"
binomial = "Insulanoplectron spinosum"
binomial_authority = Richards, 1970

"Insulanoplectron spinosum", or the Snares Island weta, is a cave weta of the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to the Snares and Antipodes islands of New Zealand. It is the only member of its genus.

External links

* [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/1974/40.pdf Royal Society of New Zealand]
* [http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Taxa/Arthropoda/Wetas.html Peripatus]