Pharmacus
Pharmacus is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All species are alpine adapted and found at high elevations in the South Island.[1] Pharmacus montanus is known as the Mount Cook flea because of its habit of leaping out of rock crevices on to mountain climbers.[2]
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| Pharmacus montanus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Macropathinae |
| Genus: | Pharmacus Pictet & Saussure, 1891 |
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Species
- Pharmacus cochleatus (Karny, 1935)
- Pharmacus concinnus Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
- Pharmacus cristatus Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
- Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1891
- Pharmacus notabilis Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
- Pharmacus perfidus Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
- Pharmacus senex Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
- Pharmacus vallestris Hegg, Morgan-Richards &Trewick 2022
References
- Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steven A. (2022). "High alpine sorcerers: revision of the cave wētā genus Pharmacus Pictet & de Saussure (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the description of six new species and three new subspecies". European Journal of Taxonomy. 808: 1–58–1–58. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.808.1721. ISSN 2118-9773.
- Dumbleton, L. J. (1935). "The alpine weta". New Zealand Alpine Journal. 6 (22): 172.
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