Pharmacus montanus

Pharmacus montanus, the Mount Cook flea, is a type of cave wētā found above the tree line in the South Island of New Zealand[1]. It was first described by Francois Jules Pictet de la Rive and Henri Saussure in 1893.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Pharmacus montanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Pharmacus
Species:
P. montanus
Binomial name
Pharmacus montanus
Pictet et Saussure, 1891

References

  1. "Pharmacus". Weta Geta. Massey University. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae.), A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 2:i-viii, 1-562
  3. Karny In Wytsman [Ed.] (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes , Genera Insectorum, V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 206:1-317
  4. Pictet & Saussure (1893) De quelques orthoptères nouveaux, Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft (Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch.) 8:293-318, pls. 1-2
  5. Hutton (1896) The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 29:208-242
  6. Richards, A.M. (1972) , Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand) 2(2)
  7. Johns In Burrows (1977) , Cass: History and Science . . . Univ. Canturbury Christchurch, Cass: History and Science, Univ. Canturbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  8. Hutton (1904) , Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae, Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae
  9. Dumbleton (1935) , N. Z. Alpine Jour. 6(22)
  10. Dumbleton (1952) , New Zealand Entomologist (New Zealand Ent.) 1(2)
  11. Dumbleton In Connor (1966) , Mount Cook National Park, Mount Cook National Park
  12. Miller, D. (1971) , Common Insects New Zealand, New Zealand xix + 178 pp.
  13. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H., 2010-04-28
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