Gymnoplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Gymnoplectron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Genus: Gymnoplectron
Hutton, 1897
Species

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Cook et al (2010) found that Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron are synonymised with Pachyrhamma.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ 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.