Hemiandrus celaeno is a species of endemic ground wētā in the family Anostostomatidae. H. celaeno is a small to medium-sized burrowing wētā found along the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.[1] Hemiandrus calaeno is a member of the short ovipositor ground wētā.[1] H. celaeno is named for Celaeno of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology, whose name means "the dark one".[1] Tag-named entity, H. ‘horomaka’, has been included under H. celaeno.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Hemiandrus |
| Species: | H. celaeno
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| Hemiandrus celaeno Trewick SA, Taylor-Smith B, Morgan-Richards M 2021
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Hemiandrus horomaka | |
Hemiandrus celaeno is present on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand from Kaikōura south to Banks Peninsula, and west to Porters Pass.[1][3] Has been found in sheltered bush near remnant forest in Christchurch.[3] Hemiandrus celaeno is classified as Naturally Uncommon by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[2] The qualifier is that it has a restricted range, only being found in the eastern South Island.[1]
Morphology
editHemiandrus celaeno is a small to medium-sized ground wētā.[1]H. celaeno can be distinguished by the 3rd apical segment of the maxillary palps lacking hairs, with the 4th segment only partially covered; the dorsal midline of the pronotum lacking a yellow stripe; having one medial and one apical spine on the superior prolateras angle of the fore tibiae; two spines along the leg and one at the apex of the superior prolateras angle of the mid tibiae; the same configuration of spines along the superior retro lateral angle of the mid tibiae; males having very long cerci; females having a very short ovipositor and 6th abdominal segment with two lobes.[1]
Type information
edit- Trewick SA; Taylor-Smith B; Morgan-Richards M (2021). Ecology and systematics of the wine wētā and allied species, with description of four new Hemiandrus species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology
- Holotype: Adult female, 30 November 2012, M Morgan-Richards, deposited at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, AI.041952[1]
- Paratype: Adult male, 30 November 2012, B Taylor-Smith, deposited at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, AI.041952[1]
- Type locations: YMCA Wainui Park Camp, Wainui Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand (Lat. −43.813101, Long. 172.893391)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Trewick, Steven A.; Taylor-Smith, Briar; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2021-01-02). "Ecology and systematics of the wine wētā and allied species, with description of four new Hemiandrus species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 48 (1): 47–80. doi:10.1080/03014223.2020.1790396. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ a b Trewick, Steve; Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Murray, Tara; Watts, Corinne; Johns, Peter; Michel, Pascale (2022). "Conservation status of Orthoptera (wētā, crickets and grasshoppers) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series 39.
- ^ a b Palmer, Julia (August 2022). "Invertebrate Survey of Charlesworth Wetland Reserve, Christchurch, Summer 2021-2022". The Wētā. 56: 25–42.