Insulanoplectron

Insulanoplectron spinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Genus: Insulanoplectron
Richards, 1970
Species: I. spinosum
Binomial name
Insulanoplectron spinosum
Richards, 1970

Insulanoplectron is a monotypic genus of weta that contains the species Insulanoplectron spinosum. I spinosum or the Snares Island weta, is a cave weta in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to the Snares and Antipodes islands of New Zealand.

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