identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
291287FF9B26FF99FF7B97EFFA07FC24.text	291287FF9B26FF99FF7B97EFFA07FC24.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Anderus rakiura Trewick & Morgan-Richards 2025	<div><p>Anderus rakiura sp. nov.</p><p>Type material: Holotype. Male, Mount Allen, Tin Range, Rakiura, New Zealand, latitude -47.08575, longitude 167.79894, 11.I.2018, D. Hegg. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/9593056. MPN_GW1393, MNZ_AI.083173 . Paratype. Female, Islet Cover, Port Pegasus, Rakiura, latitude -47.19996, longitude 167.63831, 17.I.2018, D. Hegg. MPN_GW1389. MNZ_AI.083174 .</p><p>Etymology: The Māori name for Stewart Island where this species is endemic.</p><p>Description: A small, slim, ground wētā recorded only on Rakiura-Stewart Island (Figure 2). Head, thorax and abdomen predominantly dark brown above but with a prominent large cream patch on either side of the pronotum (Figure 2). Small lateral pale patches also on mesonotum, metanotum and tergites. Hind femora dark above, pale below. Hind tibiae predominantly cream, slightly darker on dorsal surface. Femora without spines. Fore and mid tibiae have four apical spines each (Figure 2). Foretibiae with 1 prolateral superior linear spine, 4 prolateral and 4 retrolateral inferior linear spines. Midtibiae with 2 prolateral and 2 retrolateral superior linear spines, 4 prolateral and 4 retrolateral inferior spines. Two rows of about 10 small, pale, fixed spines along distal three quarters of superior surface. Male— with simple, oblong subgenital plate bearing small, cylindrical styles on each rounded corner. Paraprocts are short, stout and tapering abruptly, directly rearwards. Cerci pale, slender, similar in length to paraprocts. Female—ovipositor long but less than length of hind femur, pale and stout at base but tapering rapidly, gently curved upwards, and grading to orange-brown at tip, with no serrations. Subgenital plate pale, simple triangle (Figure 2).</p><p>Dimensions: Holotype: HD 5.6, BL14.2, HFL 10.7, HFW 3.3, HTL 8.8, PL 2.9, PW 3.7. Paratype: HD 6.6, BL 14.6, HFL 12.4, HFW 4.1, HTL 11, PL 4.3, PW 5.0, OL 10.2.</p><p>Distribution: SI. Rakiura—Stewart Island including Big Moggy and Big South Cape islands (Figure 3). CMNZ_2005.56.804–831. MPN_GW075, MPN_GW933, MPN_GW1389–1394. Also, https://inaturalist.nz/ observations/262247477, 262247478, 255127879, 255127146.</p><p>Comments: The same entity referred to as Anderus ‘Rakiura’ (Trewick et al. 2024) and probably the entity referred to as Hemiandrus “saxatilis” (Johns 2001). Phylogenetically sister to A. subantarcticus on Snares Island.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/291287FF9B26FF99FF7B97EFFA07FC24	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Trewick, Steven A.;Morgan-Richards, Mary	Trewick, Steven A., Morgan-Richards, Mary (2025): Two new species of New Zealand Anderus Trewick et al. 2024 ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Zootaxa 5666 (3): 408-418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
291287FF9B28FF97FF7B97EFFAECFD07.text	291287FF9B28FF97FF7B97EFFAECFD07.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Anderus pipiwai Trewick & Morgan-Richards 2025	<div><p>Anderus pipiwai sp. nov.</p><p>Type material: Holotype. Male, Brewster Hut Track, Haast Pass, New Zealand, latitude -44.08194, longitude 169.39138, 24.II.2017, D. Hegg, MPN_GW1403, MNZ_AI.083175 Paratype. Female, Brewster Hut Track, Haast Pass, New Zealand, latitude -44.08194, longitude 169.39138, 24.II.2017, D. Hegg, MPN_GW1402, MNZ_ AI.083176 .</p><p>Etymology: Māori word pīpīwai meaning damp or humid in reference to the very moist environment in the forested valleys of the West Coast region.</p><p>Description: A small dark wētā (Figure 4). Head, thorax and abdomen predominantly dark brown, nearly black at dorsal limits, lacking pale patches on thoracic and abdominal segments. Legs dark brown on dorsal surfaces grading laterally to yellow-brown. Abdominal sternites brown including male subgenital plate, but female subgenital plate yellow. Cerci and styles (of male) yellow-brown. Numerous discrete, pale spots on dark areas of legs and posterior-lateral of abdomen. Stridulatory pegs on flanks of abdominal tergites T1, T2 and T3 small and sparse. Femora unarmed. Fore and mid tibiae have four apical spines. Foretibiae with 1 prolateral superior linear spine, 4 prolateral and 4 retrolateral inferior linear spines. Midtibiae with 2 prolateral and 3 retrolateral superior linear spines, 4 prolateral and 4 retrolateral inferior spines. Hind tibiae with 2 pale prolateral and retrolateral spines on inferior surface. Two rows of about 10 small or very small, fixed spines along distal three quarters of superior surface. Male—subgenital plate in ventral view oblong, blunt, slightly longer than wide. Stout pale styles with few hairs. Cerci pale, longer than paraprocts, cylindrical, with long fine hairs. Paraprocts stout, triangular and blunt. Abdominal tergite T9 simple with shallow, medial indent and only slightly raised at medial posterior margin. Subgenital plate simple, square, straight posterior margin curved slightly downwards at posterior margin, and ventral surface Falci hidden by tergite 9. Female—ovipositor wide base, pale yellow-brown at base tapering and becoming darker rapidly to the tip, curved upwards. Cerci and subgenital plate pale, similar colour to base of ovipositor. Subgenital plate simple triangle.</p><p>Dimensions: Holotype: HD 7.2, BL 18.5, HFL 12.4, HFW 3.4, HTL 12.0, PL 4.9, PW 5.0. Paratype: HD 7.3, BL 17.8, HFL 13.4, HFW 3.7, HTL 13.2, PL 4.7, PW 5.1, OL 9.6. Average male (n=2) HD 7.2, BL 17.4, HFL 12.3, HFW 3.35, HTL 11.65, PL 4.875, PW 5.3. Average female (n=4) HD 7.8, BL 18.0, HFL 15.75, HFW 3.85, HTL 13.45, PL 5.375, PW 5.5, OL 11.575.</p><p>Distribution: FD, WD. Northern Fiordland and southern Westland including Taumaka Island. MPN_GW36A, MPNGW561–563, MPN_GW1066, MPN_GW1402–1407, MPN_GW1622–1624, CMNZ_ 2005.56.717–730 (Figure 4).</p><p>Comments: This taxon is probably the entity informally referred to as Hemiandrus “madisylvestris” (Johns 2001). This species is an important food item for stoats in high elevation Fiordland forest (Smith et al. 2005).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/291287FF9B28FF97FF7B97EFFAECFD07	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Trewick, Steven A.;Morgan-Richards, Mary	Trewick, Steven A., Morgan-Richards, Mary (2025): Two new species of New Zealand Anderus Trewick et al. 2024 ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Zootaxa 5666 (3): 408-418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
