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
The New Zealand alpine cave wētā genus Pharmacus was first described by Pictet & de Saussure (1893) as a monotypic taxon. Three species were added to the genus by Richards in 1972. Here we clarify the status and appearance of all known species of Pharmacus. Based on morphology and mtDNA sequenc...
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Language: | English |
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Consortium of European Natural History Museums
2022-04-01
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Series: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
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Online Access: | http://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1721 |