Global InformationPachyrhamma acanthoceras information
| Auckland cave wētā | |
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| An Auckland cave wētā (Pachyrhamma acanthoceras), found in Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Pachyrhamma |
| Species: | P. acanthoceras
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachyrhamma acanthoceras (Milligan, 1926)
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| Observations of Pachyrhamma acanthoceras from iNaturalist (as of September, 2021). | |
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Pachyrhamma acanthoceras,[1] also known as the Auckland cave wētā, is a large species of cave wētā endemic to New Zealand.[2]
It is distributed in the upper North Island, from Northland to Taranaki. This species is known to be present in old water-works tunnels in the Waitākere Ranges,[1] west of Auckland.[2]
Large groups of individuals can be found in the tunnels,[2] but there is no known social life.[3] These wētā are flightless and nocturnal.[4]
- ^ a b Cook, Lorraine D.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Johns, Peter M. (2010). "Status of the New Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera Pachyrhamma, Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron". Invertebrate Systematics. 24 (2): 131. doi:10.1071/IS09047. ISSN 1445-5226.
- ^ a b c Early, John (2009). Know your New Zealand ... native insects & spiders. New Holland. p. 64. ISBN 9781869662530.
- ^ Richards, Aola M. (1961). "Some observations on New Zealand cave-wetas". Tuatara. 9 (2): 80–83. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Fitness, Josephine (2016). Te pūtaiao o tokoriro : taxonomy and diversity of New Zealand cave wētā (Orthoptera; Rhaphidophoridae) : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand (Thesis thesis). Massey University.