Pleioplectron auratum

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Ensifera
Pleioplectron auratum
A wētā on some wood, seen from the side
Pleioplectron auratum in Kaipūpū Sanctuary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Pleioplectron
Species:
P. auratum
Binomial name
Pleioplectron auratum
Hegg, Morgan-Richards, and Trewick, 2019

Pleioplectron auratum is a species of cave wētā, endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is exclusively found in the South Island.[2]

Pleioplectron auratum can be told from other cave wētā from it slightly checkered colour, the dorsal line down the back, and longer spins a third of the way up the back tibia. Close views of the terminalia are useful for identifying the species further.[3]

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