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First iNaturalist NZ observation on September 14, 2014 in Charleston NZ by alice_shanks alice_shanks, added November 27, 2014

Last observation on December 09, 2022 in Charleston, New Zealand by sebastiandoak sebastiandoak

Added by stephen_thorpe on October 18, 2018 19:53

Updated by Site Admins on December 10, 2022 20:16

Source: Observation: Miotopus richardsae from Charleston NZ on September 14, 2014 by Alice Shanks View
unknown
Endemic

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NAME
Miotopus richardsae Fitness et al., 2018

PARENT
Miotopus

BIOSTATUS
Endemic, present in the wild.

DISTRIBUTION
North Island (TK).
South Island (BR, FD, NN, OL, SD, SL, WD).
Stewart Island (SI).

HABITAT
Terrestrial.

REFERENCES
Fitness, J.L. et al. 2018: Reinstatement of the New Zealand cave wētā genus Miotopus Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) and description of a new species. European journal of taxonomy, (468) DOI [See p. 13, and 'Figs 4, 5C, 6C-D, 7C-F, 8D-F, 9, 10C-F'; description (female, male)]

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Posted by stephen_thorpe over 4 years ago (Flag)

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