Global InformationPharmacus montanus information
| Pharmacus montanus | |
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| Pharmacus montanus illustrated by Des Helmore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Pharmacus |
| Species: | P. montanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1891
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| Synonyms | |
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Pharmacus dumbletoni Richards, 1972 | |
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 is one of the most widespread species within the genus, found from Aoraki/Mount Cook to Mount Owen in northern South Island (Kahurangi National Park).[15] The highest recorded specimens of this species are from a population between 2700 and 2800 m above sea level on Mount Annan above the Tasman Glacier.[16]
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sourcewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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. S2CID 247971884.
- ^ Sweney, W. J. (1980). Insects of Mount Cook National Park. Unpublished MSc thesis. Christchruch: University of Canterbury.